3 Pfennig of Friedrich Wilhelm IV from Berlin Artist: Unknown
Mint: Berlin
Ruler: Friedrich Wilhelm IV, King of Prussia, 1795–1861

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1853

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Copper

Dimensions

4.22 g, 12:00, 23.87 mm

Credit Line

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

Accession Number

2001.87.40788

Geography

Made in Berlin, Prussia, modern-day Germany

Culture

German

Period

19th century

Classification

Numismatics

Disclaimer

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: Crowned shield of eagle arms; around 120 EINEN THALER

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: Three-line inscription 3 (value)/PFENNINGE/1853; legend above SCHEIDE MÜNZE; below mint initial, A
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, pfennigs

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