I have this coin which was listed as a 17th century Brandenburg-Prussia silver Ort of Georg Wilhelm. It looks & feels totally genuine, I can't see any obvious giveaways that it might not be genuine, but it is quite significantly underweight.
Catalogue has it at 6.5g but this one comes in at 4g & 29mm.
It looks very neat. There were many complaints about the Prussian ortas minted in Królewiec in 1623 and 1624. Therefore, in 1625, the foot was corrected, at the same time slightly changing the appearance (Latin legend instead of German). Neumann writes that the attempt in 1623-24 was poor, and when it comes to weight, there are even 3.5 gram pieces. On the other hand, I saw an ort Georg Wilhelm from 1621 weighing 8.10 g.
Citeer: "Mariusz"It looks very neat. There were many complaints about the Prussian ortas minted in Królewiec in 1623 and 1624. Therefore, in 1625, the foot was corrected, at the same time slightly changing the appearance (Latin legend instead of German). Neumann writes that the attempt in 1623-24 was poor, and when it comes to weight, there are even 3.5 gram pieces. On the other hand, I saw an ort Georg Wilhelm from 1621 weighing 8.10 g.
Thanks Mariusz,
So, you think it all looks OK, it's just coinage at the time was irregular & a bit all over the place?
Citeer: "tdziemia"To me, also, it looks good in the details compared to other examples of 1623 I can find.
I see a lot of these listed with weights between 6.4 and 7 g.
But I also see many with no weight listed, so maybe these are also underweight.
Thank you. I think going by what you've all said it seems genuine to me. It's interesting to hear about how inconsistent the coinage was.
Cheers
Status gewijzigd naar Opgelost(McChris, 10-dec-2021, 00:58)
