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Zeichen der Falschen Gulden, circa 1482

1482 ‧ 21 x 2 cm ‧ color ‧ Jump to full details ‧ Request from Special Collections

Alternate title:Signs of Counterfeit Currency
Summary:Narrow strip cut from a broadside relating to counterfeit coins. Gothic type, 27 lines, fragment. This is probably one of a number of incunable broadsides that were issued to warn about counterfeit coins.
Contributor:Blaubirer, Johann
Century:1401-1500
Place of origin – Continent:Europe
Place of origin – Country:Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation
Place of origin – Settlement:Augsburg
Temporal subject: 1481-1490
Topical subjects:Incunabula--Specimens
Gothic type--Specimens
ArchivesUM location:Early Printing Collection
  • item F. 4
Repository:Rare Books
Browse terms:Literature, Print Culture
Copyright holder:Public domain
Collection:Digital Collections