Funeral coin
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funeral-coin-309-2601743
title:
Funeral coin
text:
The term funeral coin is used for coins issued on the occasion of the death of a prominent person, mostly a ruling prince or a coin-lord. The obverse of such a coin usually depicts the portrait of the deceased; the reverse may show the coat of arms and important biographic data. The first issues regarded as funeral coins were struck in Germany in the late 12th century upon the death of Albert the Bear († 1170) and Archbishop Wichmann († 1192) of Magdeburg. Around the middle of the 16th century,
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Coins issued on the occasion of the death of a prominent person
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funeral_coin
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date modified:
2023-03-14T14:50:52Z
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