Caroline of Ansbach - Princess of Wales c.1720 Token - Nuremberg Rechenpfennig

Country * Token * (Tokens - Great Britain)
Type: Rechen pfennig Nuremberg Token
Year: ND (ca.1720)
Composition: Brass
Weight: 1 g
Diameter: 19 mm
Shape: Round
Orientation: Medal alignment ↑↑ (45°)
Demonetized: Yes

Obverse:
Bust of Princess Caroline facing right.

Lettering:
WILH. CAR. PR. WALLIAE & MAR. BR. O

Translation:
WILHelmine CARoline PRincipessa WALLIAE & MARciocomitessa BRandenburgiae Onolzbach

Reverse:
Coats of arms of Great Britain and Monogram

Lettering:
RECHEP . COUNTERS . IOHANN . IACOB . DIETZEL .

Edge:
Plain

Comments:
Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach (Wilhelmina Charlotte Caroline; 1 March 1683 – 20 November 1737) was Queen consort of Great Britain as the wife of King George II.

Her father, Margrave John Frederick of Brandenburg-Ansbach, belonged to a branch of the House of Hohenzollern and was the ruler of a small German state, the Principality of Ansbach.
she married George Augustus, the third-in-line to the British throne and heir apparent to the Electorate of Hanover. They had eight children, seven of whom grew to adulthood.
Caroline moved permanently to Britain in 1714 when her husband became Prince of Wales. As Princess of Wales.
Caroline became queen and electress consort upon her husband's accession in 1727.

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