1 Thaler of Alexander Carl from Anhalt Bernburg

1834

Medium: Silver
Dimensions: 22.24 g, 12:00, 34.09 mm
Credit Line: Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Reverend William H. Owen, B.A. 1897
Accession Number: 2001.87.2273
Geography: Made in Anhalt-Bernburg, Germany
Culture: German
Period: 19th century
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: Coat of arms; around, ALEXANDER CARL HERZOG ZU ANHALT.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: SEGEN / DES ANHALT. / BERGBAUES / 1834; below, crossed hammer and pick; around, EIN THALER. XIV EINE FEINE MARK; below, six-pointed star. Inscribed on edge: GOTT MIT UNS, cross with vine on either side between each word.

Provenance

Reverend William H. Owen, to 1938; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., 1938–2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Object copyright

No Copyright - United States

Additional information

Object/Work type

coins, money, taler

Marks

text on edge

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1 Thaler of Alexander Carl from Anhalt Bernburg Mint: Anhalt-Bernburg Ruler: Alexander Carl, German