Coin, Germany, c.1628

Coin, Germany, c.1628 is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated c.1628. The museum's brief description reads: Cover of portrait miniature of a man, perhaps the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III, watercolour on vellum, painted by Alexander Cooper, 1628-1630, on obverse of a silver thaler (schraubthaler) with a portrait head of Christian Miden, Duke of Brunswick Luneburg. Museum description: The obverse of a silver thalers, threaded to screw to the base; the portrait head is of Christian Minden, Duke of Brunswick Luneburg (ruled 1599-1633), lettered: CHRISTIANUS. D:G. EL. EP. MIND: DUX. BR. ET. LU. Inside is scratched: 1/101.25. The museum record gives material recorded as Silver; measurements Diameter 1.5 in; place associated: Germany. These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.