Coin
Category
Coins and medals
Date
circa 1767 - circa 1779
Materials
Copper
Measurements
18 mm (Diameter); 0.8 g (Weight)
Place of origin
Ansbach
Order this imageCollection
Erddig, Wrexham
NT 1156083
Summary
Coin. A Brandenburg Ansbach 2 and a 1/2 Kreuzer copper coin. The obverse shows the design of crowned round arms with an eagle with outspread wings in the centre. Below is the letter S & around the edge is the inscription NACH DEM CONVENTIONS FVS within a beaded border. The reverse shows across the centre an inscription ONOLZI / LAND M. Other lettering is indecipherable within a beaded border.
Provenance
Given by Philip Yorke III (1905-1978) along with the estate, house and contents to the National Trust in 1973.