1 Thaler - Francis William of Wartenberg Klippe; Siege Coinage

Features

Issuer City of Osnabrück (German States)
Period Thirty Years' War (1618-1648)
Type Standard circulation coin
Year 1633
Value 1 Thaler
Currency Thaler
Composition Silver
Weight 28.95 g
Shape Klippe
Technique Klippe
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
238914
References KM# 33,
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
And 5 more volumes.
Kennepohl# 215,
Karl Kennepohl; 1938. Die Münzen von Osnabrück. Die Prägungen des Bistums und des Domkapitels Osnabrück, der Stadt Osnabrück, sowie des Kollegiatstiftes und der Stadt Wiedenbrück. Kress & Hornung, Munich, Germany.
Maillet# 1
Prosper Mailliet; 1868. Atlas de monnaies obsidionales et de nécessité. Imprimeur Gobbaerts, Brussels, Belgium.

Obverse

St. Peter standing behind shield of 4-fold arms, holding key and book, divides date.

Script: Latin

Reverse

Blank.

Mint

Osnabrück, Germany

Comments

As part of their campaigns in Germany during the Thirty Years War, the Swedes, under the command of Axel Gustafsson Oxenstierna and Gustav Horn, besieged the Catholic city of Osnabrück in 1633.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1633 

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