My Frankfurt-On-The-Main 1863 Project

Bacchus,

I suppose An 13, means the 13th year of Napoleon's rise to power? Or something similar?

I "think" the "an" actually refers to the years after the revolution rather than Napoleon himself ruling (I may be wrong)) - however he seemed to see himself as some sort of Roman Caesar - hense he favoured being called first consul of a republic - when in reality he was an emperor, However it's certainly egotistical to consider yourself an lifetime Emperor of a "Republic".

Annother coin added - one that fills a gap from the main photo



Georg V
1861 1 Thaler
Ob. GEORG V v G. G. KOENIG v. HANNOVER
Rev. EIN VEREINSTHALER XXX EIN PFUND FEIN
Edge: NEC ASPERA TERRENT
Silver 0.9000
18.5200g
mintage: 736,000
Mint: Hannover
KM 2244

Kinge Georg V (last King of Hannover) was a full cousin of Queen Victoria and he spent the last 45 years of his life completely blind - as is hinted at in his stance in the main photo.

Hannover was absorbed by Prussia in 1866 and George and his family fled to Austria where he help hopes that his crown could be recovered. He is actually burried in St. Georges Chapel, Windsor, England as he still held a number of British titles chief being the duke of Cumberland but also including the Earl of Armagh (a title of the Irish Peerage of the time).

My last addition for a while



Gunther Friedrich II
1865 1 Thaler
Ob. GUNTHER FR. C. II FRUST Z. SCHWARZB. SONDERSH
Rev. EIN VEREINSTHALER XXX EIN PFUND FEIN
Edge: GOTT MIT UNS
Silver 0.9000
18.5200g
mintage: 10,400
Mint: Arnstadt
MM:

Quite a low mintage coin and one that's pricy enough to obtain. Krause values are so far off for all these coins as to be laughable.

Gunther II Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen was born on September 24th 1801 and succeeded the throne after the abdication of his father on August 19th 1835.

The Princes of the House of Schwarzburg belong to a very wealthy and ancient family, one which became Emperor of Germany in the 14th century. It was partly because of this lineage that the house was left undisturbed at the Congress of Vienna, instead being mediatised -- similar to a number of other rulers.

The Prince received some 150,000 thalers (£22,340) annually, this being nearly a quarter of the countries revenue. Gunther was also in receipt of a large income from private estates in Bohemia and Mecklenburg, purchased mostly by his father who exercised the trade of brewer as a monopoly in his lands.

The government was an absolute monarchy so you are certainly right, I suspect none of them were much missed :).

The area of Schwarzburg- Sondershausen covered 318 square miles and contained 64,894 inhabitants.

Thanks,

Of my intiial goal, I only have 6 spaces (or seven?) left to fill. I never thought I'd get this far.

Three of those left are of the city states - and a couple of those I'll have to think about how I approach it - as it's not that neat.

For intrest here are a couple of trays with what's there so far (plus a few other odds and sods.

HI,

Yes - I always thought his stance was a bit odd - then I discovered he was blind. I suspect they weren't quite as sensitive to getting things perfect back them. His "hooked hand" is just him resting his hand on his sword hilt, and as you say he has one leg behind another - it takes a moment to work it out. I think that's what I like about it - it's not completely stiff and formal - and there is no symetry - I suspect the photographer was not in a position to tell this number of monarchs what to do. :)

Bacchus2, I appreciate your patience and hard work to gather so many gorgeous German old coins. I also have some old German coins, I also study their histories so your descriptions about these kings and emperors are attractive to me.

About King George V of Hannover, I have some information that want you to clarify if you know.





According to "Britain's Royal Families The Complete Genealogy" by Alison Weir, page 291, there is a note "King George went blind following an accident in 1834)

But the Wikipaedia's information:
"George spent his childhood in Berlin and in Britain, losing the sight of one eye following a childhood accident and illness in 1828.[1] He lost the sight in the other eye in 1833."

Which one of the above information do you confirm?

There is a question about the coin. On the reverse side, do you know the meaning of the words "BERGSEGEN DES HARZES"? Thank you for your attention.

Henry

I find the meaning of "BERGSEGEN DES HARZES". It means a blessing of the Harz mines in Hanover. So this thaler was produced from this mine.