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171, East Friesland (Countship). Nice Silver ½ Stuber Coin. F-VF

Mint Year: 1717 Condition: F-VF Mint Place: Esens Denomination: ½ Stuber Reference: Knyphausen 6615. Diameter: 19mm Weight: 0.77gm Material: Silver

Obverse: Coat-of-arms (harpiye), flanked by initials (G-A). Legend: 17-17 . MON . NO : GE : AI . P ...

Reverse: Triple long-cross withi initials (O-F-H-S) in fields. Legend: IN . DNO . SPE . MEA .

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East Frisia or Eastern Friesland (German: Ostfriesland; East Frisian Low Saxon: Oostfreesland; Dutch: Oost-Friesland) is a coastal region in the northwest of the German federal state of Lower Saxony. It is the middle section of Frisia between West Frisia in the Netherlands and North Frisia in Schleswig-Holstein. Administratively Ostfriesland belongs to three districts, namely Aurich, Leer, Wittmund and to the city of Emden. There are 465,000 people living in an area of 3,144.26 square kilometres. There is a chain of islands off the coast, called the East Frisian Islands (Ostfriesische Inseln). These islands are (from west to east) Borkum, Juist, Norderney, Baltrum, Langeoog, Spiekeroog and Wangerooge.