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bfe_309850 - ALSACE - TOWN OF THANN Double vierer ou “doppel Rappen-vierer zu 4 pfenning”

ALSACE - TOWN OF THANN Double vierer ou “doppel Rappen-vierer zu 4 pfenning” XF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 115.00 €
Type : Double vierer ou “doppel Rappen-vierer zu 4 pfenning”
Date: circa 1500
Date: n.d.
Metal : billon
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 1,13 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Cet exemplaire est frappé sur un flan large et irrégulier. Patine grise
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : + MONETA* NO’* [...] [TA]NEN, (PONCTUATION PAR SIMPLE CROISETTE).
Obverse description : Écu de la ville.
Obverse translation : (Monnaie nouvelle de Thann).

Reverse


Reverse legend : SAL-VE+ C-RV[X] - BEN+ .
Reverse description : Croix pattée et évidée coupant la légende.
Reverse translation : (Bénit soit la croix du salut).

Historical background


ALSACE - TOWN OF THANN

(16th century-1624)

After the extinction of the county house of Thann, the city passed into the hands of the dukes of the house of Austria. The right to mint coins was granted in 1387 to Thann by the Duke of Austria Albert III. It is probably only from 1448 that the city minted coins in its own name. The Thann workshop, which had become unprofitable, closed in 1565. It reopened again in 1623, before closing definitively the following year..

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