Death coin

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Death thaler of the Saxon Elector Johann Georg III. († 1691), Mmz. IK, Dresden Mint
1/4 Death thaler of George I as elector of Braunschweig-Lüneburg († 1727), Mmz. CPS, Clausthal Mint (Welter 2254) 1/4 Death thaler of George I as elector of Braunschweig-Lüneburg († 1727), Mmz. CPS, Clausthal Mint (Welter 2254)
1/4 Death thaler of George I as elector of Braunschweig-Lüneburg († 1727), Mmz. CPS, Clausthal Mint ( Welter 2254)

Death coin , occasionally funeral coin called, is the term for coins on the occasion of the death of an important person, usually a reigning prince or a Coin Lords have been issued. On the obverse of such a coin is usually the portrait of the deceased, on the reverse the coat of arms and important life dates.

The first death coins are the coins minted in the late 12th century for the death of Albrecht the Bear († 1170) and Archbishop Wichmanns († 1192) of Magdeburg. From around the middle of the 16th century, death coins were issued in some states of the German Empire. The minting of death coins took place frequently until the end of the 18th century, particularly in the Electorate of Saxony and the Electorate of Braunschweig-Lüneburg ; In Prussia, however, there were only a few funeral coins, for example in 1713 on the occasion of the death of King Friedrich I in Prussia and in 1786 after the death of Frederick the Great .

Mostly, death coins are commemorative coins made of precious metals with high face values, but there are also death coins as circulation coins . Often the coins are designated according to their type with terms like dying (h) aler , dying credit , ducats or dying penny .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Carl Christoph Schmieder: Concise dictionary of the entire coinage for coin lovers and business people. Bookshop of the Halle Orphanage, Halle 1811
  2. ^ Ferdinand Friedensburg: German coin history. In: Aloys Meister (Hrsg.): Outline of historical science. Volume 1, Division 4. 2nd edition. BG Teubner, Leipzig and Berlin 1912, pp. 98–132
  3. ↑ Friedrich Frh. V. Schrötter et al. (Ed.): Dictionary of coinage. 2nd unchanged edition. de Gruyter, Berlin 1970, reprint 2012, ISBN 978-3-11-001227-9 (reprint of the original edition from 1930), Lemma "Burial or death coins".
  4. ↑ Colin R. Bruce, Fred J. Borgmann and Elizabeth A. Burgert (Eds.): Standard Catalog of German Coins. 1601 to present, including colonial issues. 2nd edition. Krause Publications, Iola (WI), USA 1998, ISBN 0-87341-644-9 .

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