SCHWAREN: COIN OF OLDENBURG (GERMANY)
3 schwaren, 1859: Grand Duchy of Oldenburg
Grand Duchy of Oldenburg — a state that existed in the territory of modern Germany in the XIX and early XX centuries.
Ruler: Peter II (Nikolaus Friedrich Peter) — Grand Duke of Oldenburg.
3 SCHWAREN - 1859 - SCHEIDEMÜNZE: 3 schwaren, 1859; change coin (small change).
B — symbol of Hanover (Germany) mint; münzmeister: Theodor Wilhelm Bruel.
HRZGTH. OLDENB.: Herzogtum Holstein-Oldenburg.
Monogram of the ruler (crown over the initials NFP /Nikolaus Friedrich Peter/).
Mintage: 432.000.
- Copper: 21 mm - 3.8 g
- Reference price: 12$
COIN SCHWAREN — WHERE & WHEN (coins catalog: by names & emitents)
- GRAND DUCHY OF OLDENBURG (19th century): schwaren = 1/5 groten = 1/360 thaler
- FREE IMPERIAL CITY OF BREMEN (18th-19th centuries): schwaren = 1/5 groten = 1/360 thaler
The name of the coin schwaren comes from the word "heavy/strong" — German "Schwierig/Schwerer" (in the context of "heavy pfennig" — "Swarer or Schwerer pfennig"). The fact is that during the Middle Ages in the German lands there was a long period when the quality of silver coins gradually decreased: they became smaller and smaller (thinner). In the 14th century, in contrast to these so-called light pfennigs, full-fledged coins came again. They began to be called heavy pfennigs or, later, schwaren.
