WMID-353CDA: Post Medieval coin: 1/48th Thaler of Archbishop Friedrich Carl Joseph of Erfurt, Germany

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COIN

Unique ID: WMID-353CDA

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A complete silver one fortyeighth of a thaler of Archbishop Friedrich Carl Joseph, dating to the period 1794. Minted at Erfurt, Germany. c.f. Graig, 1966, Coins of the World, p171. Erfurt, 4a.

Obverse: silver wheel
Reverse: 48 EINEN THALER 1794

Graig notes that Erfurt City is on the northern edge of Thuringia, one of the German states. It was independent from 13th Century until 1664 when it again became subject to the archbishop-electors of Mainz. The city first obtained the right to mint its own coins in 1351. In 1802 at the secularization of Mainz, Erfurt fell to Prussia.

One other 1/48th Thaler has been recorded on the PAS database, as NARC-0AA7C2.

Diameter: 16.4 mm
Thickness: 0.8 mm
Weight: 0.6 g

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1794
Date to: Circa AD 1794

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.8 mm
Weight: 0.6 g
Diameter: 16.4 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st August 2019 - Sunday 18th August 2019

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Milled
Completeness: Complete

Coin data (numismatics)

Obverse description: silver wheel
Obverse inscription: -
Reverse description: -
Reverse inscription: 48 EINEN THALER 1794
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Worn: fine

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial metadata

Region: West Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: Warwick (District)
Parish or ward: Baddesley Clinton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP2070
Four figure Latitude: 52.32773264
Four figure longitude: -1.7079526
1:25K map: SP2070
1:10K map: SP27SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Discovery circumstances: Found whilst out searching with a metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Created: 4 years ago
Updated: 4 years ago

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