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Country: Duchy of Nassau (German States)
Duke Adolph (1839-1866)
Type: Standard circulation coin
Years: 1842 (1842-1856)
Value: 1 Kreuzer (1/60)
Currency: Thaler (1806-1866)
Composition: Copper
Weight: 3.9 g.
Diameter: 21.3 mm
Grade: XF
Mintage: 479,800
Orientation: Medal Alignment ↑↑
References: KM# 67, AKS# 71, Schön DM# 59
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 : NASSAU HERZOGTHUM
Translation: Duchy of Nassau
Reverse:
Value and year on three lines surrounded by a crown made up of two oak branches tied at their base with a ribbon..
Inscription :
EIN
KREUZER
1842
Edge:
Smooth.
Comments:
The weight of this piece can vary greatly (between 3.7 and 4.2 g.)
Varieties :
The year 1844 exists without a central bar in the A of NASSAU and the year 1855 exists without bead (quite rare).
Mint:
Wiesbaden.
History:
Adolphe (1817-1905), was the Duke of Nassau (Reign:1839-1866) and
Grand Duke of Luxembourg (Reign:1890-1905)
The Duchy of Nassau (German: Herzogtum Nassau) was an independent state between 1806 and 1866, located in what is now the German states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse. It was a member of the Confederation of the Rhine and later of the German Confederation. Its ruling dynasty, now extinct, was the House of Nassau. The duchy was named for its historical core city, Nassau, although Wiesbaden rather than Nassau was its capital. In 1865, the Duchy of Nassau had 465,636 inhabitants. After being occupied and annexed into the Kingdom of Prussia in 1866 following the Austro-Prussian War, it was incorporated into the Province of Hesse-Nassau. The area today is a geographical and historical region, Nassau, and Nassau is also the name of the Nassau Nature Park within the borders of the former duchy.
Today, the Grand Duke of Luxembourg still uses "Duke of Nassau" as his secondary title (of pretense), and "Prince" or "Princess of Nassau" is used as a title of pretense by other members of the grand ducal family. Nassau is also part of the name of the Dutch royal family, which styles itself Orange-Nassau.
Reference : KM# 67, AKS# 71, Schön DM# 59
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Collection : German States coins