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CHRISTOPH FRANZ BISCHOF ZU BAMBERG DES H R R FÜRST [Christoph Franz Bischof zu Bamberg des Heiligen Römischen Reiches Fürst]. Mehrfeldiges Wappen des Bischofs, links und rechts daneben die geteilte Jahreszahl 18-00.
Reverse
NACH DEM CONVENTIONSFUSS - X / EINE FEINE / MARK. Stadtansicht von Bamberg, unten der Stadtname: BAMBERG.
Class/status
Bishopric
Authority
Christoph Francis of Buseck (1795-1802), bishop of Bamberg
The Guldengroschen (Guldiner) issued by the counts of Schlick in Joachimsthal (Jáchimov) were quickly labelled Joachimstaler (Joachimsthaler) or simply Taler (Thaler), hence introducing this term as a name for the now highly popular huge silver denomination equivalent to the gold gulden (florin). This id serves to identify all similar coins (within mainly the German speaking world) issued during the following centuries. For specific types of Talers and foreign currency based on the Taler see designated ids and their definitions.
Lit.: F. von Schrötter, Wörterbuch der Münzkunde (1930) s.v. Taler pp. 676-677.
Silver ; 28,09 g; 40 mm
Production
struck
Region
Franconia
Country
Germany
Publications
J. S. Davenport, German Talers 1700-1800 ²(1965) Nr. 1941.