1 Pfennig of George III from Osnabrück | Yale University Art Gallery

1805

Medium: Copper
Dimensions: 4.41 g, 12:00, 23.50 mm
Credit Line: Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Henry Champion, B.A. 1860, M.A., LL.B. 1863
Accession Number: 2001.87.33585
Geography: Made in Osnabrück, Germany
Culture: German
Period: 19th century A.D.
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: Centered wheel with six spokes, the Osnabrück arms; value, 3-P, below; around STADT.OSNABRV[Ü]CK

Reverse Description: Inscription of value, 3, above PFENNING; date, 1805, below

Provenance

Henry Champion, to about 1867; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., from about 1867 to 2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Bibliography

N. Douglas Nicol, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501–Present, 3rd (Iola, Wis.: Krause Publications, 2011), 838, KM #288 (Osnabruck)

Object copyright

Additional information

coins, money, pfennigs

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