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German States - 1808

24 Kreuzer - (Saxe-Meiningen)

Obverse:

XXIV

Legend:

FRIEDRICHSTHAL

Exergue:

Three stars

Size:

21.9 mm.

Reverse:

The lower half of a machine wheel from the center of which sprouts a flower with three blooms.

Legend:

G M (Mintmaster: Gottlieb Mylius)

Exergue:

1808

Vern's Comments:

This is an extremely rare token, issued for the Friedrichsthal ironworks. This is a Wertmarke, a token rather than a circulating coin of the Duchy.At the time I was researching this piece there was only one other sale besides it and it had no images that indicated which side was which.

24 Kreuzer - (Saxe-Meiningen)