3 pfennigs (withen)
1792
National Museum in Szczecin
Part of the collection: Pomeranian coins
Bogislaw XIV minted thalers, their fractions, and multiples en masse during the Thirty Years' War. Between 1628 and 1634, production was channelled towards the upkeep of the imperial and, later, Swedish occupation troops, which consumed millions of thalers, leaving aside the costs associated with providing horses and soldiers. At the two mints, Szczecin and Koszalin, the silver obtained from houses, churches, and even the duke's treasury was melted down and struck into coins. We know more than 60 types and many variations of these large popular denominations. The presented coin follows the iconographic design of the Pomeranian thalers, with the ruler's bust on the obverse and Western Pomerania's great coat of arms on the reverse. All bear an extended ducal titulature, denoting the lands the coins were minted for. The half-talar coins feature a rather original crowning of the shield with a ducal cap. This distinctive insignia of power is only found on coins of the last Pomeranian duke. The half-talar bears no signatures, so we know neither the name of the engraver nor the place of its production. Previous attempts to distinguish between mints, based on the symbolism of the bishopric, the shield with a cross, and the bishop's title in the titulature, have proved unreliable. Genowefa Horoszko
Other names
1/2 Taler
Author / creator
Object type
thaler
Technique
coining
Material
silver
Origin / acquisition method
purchase
Creation time / dating
Creation / finding place
Owner
Muzeum Narodowe w Szczecinie
Identification number
Location / status
Olthof, Adolf Friedrich von
1792
National Museum in Szczecin
Jan Fryderyk, książę szczeciński i wołogoski
1591
National Museum in Szczecin
mennica Szczecin (około 1176-1754)
1504
National Museum in Szczecin
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