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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1987.32.184
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
One Taler Coin
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
1871
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Germany, Berlin
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/226564

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
3.3 cm diam. x 0.3 cm depth (1 5/16 x 1/8 in.)
Denomination
taler
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: obverse, struck: [around perimeter:] WILHELM KOENIG VON PREUSSEN; [under neck:] A
  • inscription: reverse, struck: [above design:] SIEGES THALER; [below design:] 1871
  • inscription: around outer rim: GOTT MIT UNS

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Rya W. Zobel, Gift to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1987.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Rya W. Zobel in memory of Paul Weickert
Accession Year
1987
Object Number
1987.32.184
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: King Wilhelm I of Prussia, with beard and moustache, in right profile; reverse: seated female figure of Germania?

Verification Level

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