Wilhelm - 1/4 Kreuzer 1818 - Duchy of Nassau

Country: Duchy of Nassau (German States)
Duke Wilhelm of Nassau-Weilburg (1816-1839)
Type: Standard circulation coin
Years: 1818 (1817-1819) 
Value: ¼ Kreuzer (1⁄576)
Currency: Conventionsthaler (1806-1837)
Composition: Copper
Weight: 1.3 g.
Diameter: 19 mm
Grade: VF/XF
Mintage: 894,000 
Orientation: Medal Alignment ↑↑
References: KM# 41, AKS# 55, J# 1, C# 35

Obverse:
Crowned coat of arms of Nassau with crowned lion rampant to the left, on a field strewn with seven billets, surrounded by the legend and an exterior beads.

Lettering :  HERZ• NASS(AUISCHE) SCH(EIDE) M(ÜNZ)

Translation: Duke of Nassau's coin.

Reverse:
Value and year on three lines surrounded by a crown composed of two oak branches linked at their base by a ribbon. Initial of the engraver under the knot of the ribbon

Inscription :
1/4 
KREU= 
=ZER
1818•
L

Engraver: Johann Lindenschmidt.

Edge:
Smooth.

Comments:
The weight of this piece can vary greatly (between 3.7 and 4.2 g.)

Varieties :
Struck by Johann Lindenschmidt (letter L on the reverse side).

Varieties of the legend:
1817
var_1: A/ HERZ• NASSAUISCHE SCHEID MÜNZ R/ =ZER• 1817• L
var_2: A/ HERZ• NASSAUISCHE SCHEID MÜNZ R/ =ZER• 1817 L
var_3: A/ HERZ• NASSAUISCHE SCHEID MÜNZ R/ =ZER 1817
var_4: A/ HERZ• NASSAU• SCHEIDE• M• R/ =ZER• 1817• L
var_5: A/ HERZ• NASSAU• SCHEIDE• M• R/ =ZER 1817 L
var_6: A/ HERZ• NASSAU• SCHEIDE• M• R/ =ZER 1817
var_7: A/ HERZ: NASS: SCH: MÜNZ R/ =ZER• 1817 L
var_8: A/ HERZ: NASS: SCH: MÜNZ R/ =ZER 1817 L
var_9: A/ HERZ: NASS: SCH: MÜNZ R/ =ZER• 1817•

1818
var_1: A/ HERZ• NASSAUISCHE SCHEID MÜNZ R/ =ZER• 1818 L (14 leaves)
var_2: A/ HERZ• NASSAUISCHE SCHEID MÜNZ R/ =ZER• 1818 L (16 leaves)
var_3: A/ HERZ• NASSAUISCHE SCHEID MÜNZ R/ =ZER 1818 L (14 leaves)
var_4: A/ HERZ• NASSAUISCHE SCHEID MÜNZ R/ =ZER 1818 L (16 leaves)
var_5: A/ HERZ• NASSAU• SCHEIDE• M• R/ =ZER• 1818 L
var_6: A/ HERZ• NASSAU• SCHEIDE• M• R/ =ZER 1818 L

1819
var_1: A/ HERZ• NASSAUISCHE SCHEID MÜNZ R/ =ZER• 1819 L
var_2: A/ HERZ• NASSAUISCHE SCHEID MÜNZ R/ =ZER 1819 L
var_3: A/ HERZ: NASS: SCH: MÜNZ R/ =ZER 1819 L

The types with the legend with dot instead of a colon should be regarded as varieties and not as variants, the reason why they are not included in the listing above.

Reference : KM# 41, AKS# 55, J# 1, C# 35

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Collection : German States coins