Screw medal
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Image inserts of a screw medal, hand-colored copper engravings by Abraham Remshart (1732) |
Screw thaler Ferdinand II
Schraubmünzen , Schraubtaler or Schraubmedaillen called coins consisting of two with a threaded consist provided parts.
The manufacture of screw coins ranges from the end of the 16th to the first half of the 20th century; the majority was produced in Augsburg , but Nuremberg and Vienna also dealt with the production.
Most of the specimens are circular and consist of two parts, but there are also various variants. Screw coins can be divided into three large groups:
- The early examples show oil-painted pictures on the inside of the lid ;
- the thalers, which were mainly made between 1650 and 1730, contain representations on parchment , paper or glass ;
- the objects produced from 1730 onwards are signed and contain copperplate engravings.
A modern variant are screw-on coins that were used by agents for the inconspicuous transport of microfilms or documents.
literature
- H. Clauss, "The screw-thaler and its history", in: Mitteilungen der Bayerischen Numismischen Gesellschaft , pp. 1–45, Munich 1913
- Eugen von Philippovich, screw coins , in: Curiosities and Antiques . Klinkhardt & Biermann, Braunschweig 1966. pp. 259-263.
- Ernst Preßler, screw thaler and Steckmedaille, Verborgene Kostbarkeiten, Verlag der Münzen und Medalenhandlung Stuttgart 2000, 362 pages, over 1000 pieces described, most of the pieces are illustrated.
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