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This type was struck in Brandenburg 1653-55. It is the first schilling listed in the SCWC but this denomination (equal to 1/32 of a thaler) was struck steadily to the end of the eighteenth century in ever decreasing amounts of silver. The coin was converted to pure copper in 1790. | This type was struck in Brandenburg 1653-55. It is the first schilling listed in the SCWC but this denomination (equal to 1/32 of a thaler) was struck steadily to the end of the eighteenth century in ever decreasing amounts of silver. The coin was converted to pure copper in 1790. | ||
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Revision as of 10:11, 31 March 2025
This type was struck in Brandenburg 1653-55. It is the first schilling listed in the SCWC but this denomination (equal to 1/32 of a thaler) was struck steadily to the end of the eighteenth century in ever decreasing amounts of silver. The coin was converted to pure copper in 1790.
Recorded mintage: 5,595,000.
Specification: silver, probably billon.
Catalog reference: KM 263.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
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