GERMANY-Emden 2/3 Thaler 1688 Emperor Leopold I. XF

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1688, German States, Emden (Imperial Free City), Emperor Leopold I. Silver 2/3 Thaler Coin.

Mint year: 1688
Reference: Davenport 506, KM-30.
Denomination: 2/3 Thaler (Gulden)
Mint Place: Emden (Imperial Free City)
Condition: Mint-made planchet-cracks, light contact-marks, otherwise a nice XF!
Material: Silver
Weight: 16.79gm
Diameter: 40mm


Obverse: Crowned coat-of-arms of Emden City within sprays. Fractional thaler vlue (2/3) below.
Legend: MONETA . NOVA (2/3) CIVIT . EMBD . 16 - 88

Reverse: Crown above double headed eagle with cross-topped orb at chest.
Legend: LEOPOLD . I . D . G . ROM . IMP . SEMP . AVGV



Emden is a city and seaport in the northwest of Germany, on river Ems. The exact founding date of Emden is unknown, but it has existed at least since the 8th century. Older names for Emden are Amuthon, Embda, Emda, Embden. City rights and the city's coat of arms, the "Engelke up de Muer" was granted by Emperor Maximilian I in 1495. Emden was a very rich city during the 17th century, due to large numbers of Dutch immigrants. It was a center of reformed Protestantism at that time, producing the first Bible translation in Dutch. During the Napoleonic French era, Emden and the surrounding lands of East Frisia were part of the short-lived Kingdom of Holland.



Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (name in full: Leopold Ignaz Joseph Balthasar Felician) Habsburg (June 9, 1640 – May 5, 1705), Holy Roman emperor, was the second son of the emperor Ferdinand III and his first wife Maria Anna of Spain. His maternal grandparents were Philip III of Spain and Margarita of Austria.

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