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1 Thaler - Frederick II

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Issuer Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (German States)
Duke Frederick II (Friedrich II) (1691-1732)
Frederick II (Friedrich II) (1691-1732)
Type Circulating commemorative coins
Year 1707
Value 1 Thaler
Currency Thaler (1680-1826)
Composition Silver
Weight 29.13 g
Shape Round
Issued 1707
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
558414
References Steguweit Gotha# 211
Wolfgang Steguweit; 1987. Geschichte der Münzstätte Gotha: vom 12. bis zum 19. Jahrhundert = History of the Gotha Mint. Verlag Hermann Böhlaus Nachfolger, Weimar, Thuringia, Germany.
, KM# 170
Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).
, Dav ST# 2709
John Stewart Davenport; 1976. German Secular Talers 1600-1700. Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
, Schnee# 508
Gernot Schnee; 1982. Sächsische Taler 1500-1800 und Abschläge von Talerstempeln in Gold und Silber: Dukaten, Mehrfach-Taler, Halbtaler. Winfried Bogon Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
, Slg. Merse# 3230
Otto Merseburger; 1894. Sammlung Otto Merseburger umfassend Münzen und Medaillen von Sachsen.: Albertinische und ernestinische Linie = Otto Merseburger Collection comprising coins and medals from Saxony. Münzhandlung Zschiesche und Köder, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany.

Commemorative issue

Death of Johann Wilhelm

Obverse

Bust of Johann Wilhelm right

Script: Latin

Lettering: IOH WILH D SAX I C M A ET W

Unabridged legend: Ioannes Wilhelmus, Dux Saxoniae, Iuliaci, Cliviae, Montium, Angariae et Westphaliae

Translation: Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxony, Jülich, Cleves, Berg, Angria, and Westphalia

Reverse

Eleven-line inscription in double legend with date in Roman numerals

Script: Latin

Lettering:
NATVS
DIV OCTOBR
MDCLXXVII
DENATVS
ADTELON MARTIS
D XV AVG
MDCCVII
HVMATVS
FRJDENSTEJN
D XXIII NOV
I T

SCAES MAI REGIN M BRITANN EORDD FOEDERATORVM BELG
LOCVM TENENS G ENERALIS

Unabridged legend:
Natus die IV Octobris MDCLXXVII.
Denatus ad Teloneum Martis die XV Augusti MDCCVII.
Humatus Fridenstein die XXIII Novembris.

Sacrae Caesareae Maiestatis Reginae Magnae Britanniae et Ordinum Foederatorum Belgii.

Locumtenens Generalis

Translation:
Born on the 4th day of October 1677.
Died at Teloneum Martis on the 15th day of August 1707.
Buried at Friedenstein on the 23rd day of November.

Of Her Sacred Caesarean Majesty, Queen of Great Britain, and of the Estates of the United Netherlands.

Lieutenant General

Mint

Gotha, Germany

Marks

CW Christian Wermuth, Cutter, Gotha (1688-1739)
IT Johann Thun, Mint Master, Sondershausen (1684-1690), Gotha (1690-1723)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1707  CW IT MDCCVII

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