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Yale University Art Gllaery (2001.87.2407) / https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/100418IMAGE INFORMATION

A rixdollar of the Emperor Ferdinand II. 1627

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

January 1778

Primary Source Reference:

Du Simitière Memorandum Books, Library of Congress, fol. 26r

Notes:

Ferdinand II (1578–1637) was Holy Roman Emperor 1619–1637. This 1627 silver thaler was minted in Augsburg.

The donor was presumably a British soldier in Philadelphia during the occupation of 1777-1778.