Funeral coin
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- The term funeral coin is used for coins issued on the occasion of the death of a prominent person, mostly a ruling prince or a coin-lord. The obverse of such a coin usually depicts the portrait of the deceased; the reverse may show the coat of arms and important biographic data.
The first issues regarded as funeral coins were struck in Germany in the late 12th century upon the death of Albert the Bear († 1170) and Archbishop Wichmann († 1192) of Magdeburg. Around the middle of the 16th century, funeral coins were issued in some states of the Holy Roman Empire. Their minting was frequent until the end of the eighteenth century, especially in the Electorate of Saxony and the Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg; in Prussia, on the other hand, there were only a few funeral coins, so in 1713 on the occasion of the death of King Frederick I and 1786 after the death of Frederick the Great.
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Halber Sterbetaler auf Herzog Joachim Friedrich von Liegnitz-Brieg, 1602
Seit Ende des 16....
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Sterbetaler des Markgrafen Albrecht II. von Brandenburg-Ansbach, 1667
Der Taler wurde ausgegeben,...
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Achtel-Sterbetaler des Markgrafen Georg Friedrich I. von Brandenburg-Ansbach, 1603
Als der...
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Halbtaler auf den Tod von Kurfürst Christian II. von Sachsen, 1611
Auf den Tod des Kürfürsten...
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Halbtaler auf den Tod von Kurfürst Christian II. von Sachsen, 1611
Auf den Tod des Kürfürsten...
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