Description
Germany, Harz, silver Baptismal Taler, no date (1723), Zellerfeld mint, by mintmaster Ernst Peter Hecht (1723-1731), John the Baptist kneeling and baptizing Jesus Christ who is standing facing in river Jordan, dove of the Holy Spirit and radiate Tetragrammaton. Rev. Biblical passage in ten lines, (Dav. 2935; Fass. 2793).
In NGC holder graded AU 50 (6737079-001). In our opinion a very conservative grade, this piece exhibits some strike doubling typical of this issue, overall very nice quality.
