1 Thaler from Berlin Artist: Frederick II, King of Prussia (1712–1786, ruled 1740–86)
Artist: Unknown
Mint: Berlin

1752

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Copper

Dimensions

21.1 g, 12:00, 20.57 mm

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Professor Othniel Charles Marsh, B.A. 1860

Accession Number

2001.87.37254

Geography

Made in Berlin, Prussia, modern-day Germany

Culture

German

Period

18th century

Classification

Numismatics

Disclaimer

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: Crowned monogram FR

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: Four-line inscription *I*/PFEN:SCHEID/MUNTZ/1752; mintmark A below
Provenance
Professor Othniel Charles Marsh, to about 1872; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., from about 1872 to 2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

coins, money, taler

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