Posted 10/13/2017 9:32 pm
Modern replica of a Prague groschen of the type issued under Wenceslaus II of Bohemia (Czech Republic), circa 1300-1500 a.d.
The originals managed to circulate for over two centuries because compared to many other competing small silver groschen/groszy/etc. they maintained a very high silver content, .933 (compare to sterling at .925!)
The obverse legends read: DEI GRATIA REX BOEMIE on the outer circle, and WENCEZLAVS SECVNDVS on the inner; taken together, they mean Wenceslaus II, King of Bohemia by the Grace of God.
The reverse legend reads: GROSSI PRAGENSES (Groschen of Prague.)
This replica has the date 1994 below the lion on the reverse.
The originals managed to circulate for over two centuries because compared to many other competing small silver groschen/groszy/etc. they maintained a very high silver content, .933 (compare to sterling at .925!)
The obverse legends read: DEI GRATIA REX BOEMIE on the outer circle, and WENCEZLAVS SECVNDVS on the inner; taken together, they mean Wenceslaus II, King of Bohemia by the Grace of God.
The reverse legend reads: GROSSI PRAGENSES (Groschen of Prague.)
This replica has the date 1994 below the lion on the reverse.
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Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890
"Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis
