fwo_273999 - DANZIG (Free City of) 1 Groschen 1812 Dantzig

DANZIG (Free City of) 1 Groschen 1812 Dantzig VF

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Price : 35.00 €

Type : 1 Groschen

Date: 1812

Mint name / Town : Dantzig

Quantity minted : -

Metal : nickel

Diameter : 20,70 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Edge : lisse

Catalogue references :

AKS.1

Obverse

Obverse legend : 1812.

Obverse description : écu encadré par deux lions.

Reverse

Reverse legend : DANZIGER KUPFER MUENZE.

Reverse description : dans le champ : EIN / GROSCHEN.

Commentary

En 1793, Dantzig est rattachée à la Prusse. Entre 1807 et 1813, elle redevient ville libre sous l’occupation napoléonienne. En 1815, elle est de nouveau rattachée à la Prusse.

Historical background

DANZIG (Free City of)

(1920-1939)

Following the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, the city of Danzig was detached from Germany and in 1920 became a free city under the protection of the League of Nations. On September 1, 1939, Germany occupied the territory of the Free City of Danzig and annexed it the following day. In 1945, it was attached to Poland and definitively took the name of Gdansk.

DANZIG (Free City of) 1/2 Gulden 1932 AU

80.00 €

Full data

DANZIG (Free City of) 1 Gulden 1932 AU

75.00 €