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2 Thaler (or 3 1/2 gulden)
German (Saxony)
1872
Medium/Technique
Metal; silver
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 41 mm (1 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase by exchange from the sale of duplicate coins
Accession Number15.229
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, Fourth Edition, KM#1231.2.
DescriptionCircular coin, 2 Thaler (or 3 1/2 gulden), of Johann I (1801-1873), king of Saxony, commemorating his golden wedding anniversary to Amalie of Bavaria (1801-1877). Lettered edge "X EIN F[ ]".
Obverse: Two overlapping profile busts of Johann and Amalie looking to proper left; inscribed at edge "IOHANN KOENIG AMALIE KOENIGIN V.SACHSEN".
Reverse: Inscirbed in a wreath under a crown "1822/10 NOVEMBER/1872" and below "R".
Obverse: Two overlapping profile busts of Johann and Amalie looking to proper left; inscribed at edge "IOHANN KOENIG AMALIE KOENIGIN V.SACHSEN".
Reverse: Inscirbed in a wreath under a crown "1822/10 NOVEMBER/1872" and below "R".
InscriptionsInscribed on edge "X EIN F[ ]".
Obverse: Inscribed at edge "IOHANN KOENIG AMALIE KOENIGIN V.SACHSEN".
Reverse: Inscribed in wreath "1822/10 NOVEMBER/1872" and below "R".
Obverse: Inscribed at edge "IOHANN KOENIG AMALIE KOENIGIN V.SACHSEN".
Reverse: Inscribed in wreath "1822/10 NOVEMBER/1872" and below "R".
ProvenanceBy 1915, Henry Chapman; 1915, sold by Henry Chapman to the MFA for $2.00. (Accession date: April 1, 1915)