The Silver Dollars of '60
Frankfurt-am-main Zwei Thaler, 1860
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Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
GERMANY - STATES - 2 |
| Item Description: |
2T 1860 FRANKFURT |
| Full Grade: |
NGC UNC Details |
| Owner: |
jgenn |
Owner Comments:
By 1860, inflationary pressure caused the thalers of the German states to shrink in size to 33mm and 18.52g and no longer meet my criteria as silver dollar size. However, a few states minted the zwei thaler, also known as the dopplethaler -- 40mm, 37.04g and 90% silver. This example is from the city of Frankfurt-am-Main.
The obverse portrays, Francfordia, the personification of Frankfurt as a female mythological figure in the same fashion as Britannia and Lady Liberty.
Raw purchase from WAG Online in October of 2016.