Description: AUSTRIA 12 Pfennig 1728 - Copper Wiener Armenhaus Extr. Rare Very scarce condition. Wiener Armenhausgeld (Charles VI Vienna poorhouse money) 1828 12 Pfennig TEXT: “Quod pauperi mihi” / “centuplum reddo” (What you give to me, the poor, I will repay a hundredfold.) Copper 25mm 3.37g Catalog: Herinek 1210 The Holy Roman Empire House of Habsburg Charles VI. (1711-1740) Condition obverse XF-AU Condition reverse XF-AU Metal Cu House money or poorhouse money year 1728 in the value of 12 pfennig, which was minted under Charles VI (1711−1740) by the Viennese Great Poor and Invalid House. Viennese Great Poor and Invalid HouseThe article deals with the historical development of the Vienna Ophthalmological School and highlights famous personalities.After the second Turkish siege of Vienna, Johann Franckh donated his property on Alserstrasse for the construction of a soldiers' hospital. In 1693 the large poor and invalids' house was built there. The building was expanded thanks to the donations of Ferdinand Baron von Thavonat. The Old General Hospital had style. The entrance gate to the eye clinic in the fourth courtyard, the “magnificent” staircase behind it, and dry, spacious sick rooms not too far from the lecture hall, so that the listeners had enough space to accommodate each patient while teaching (Boerhaave) to be able to properly observe.The “creation of power” by Joseph II, the establishment of the General Hospital, alleviated the suffering of many patients. Also Leopold I, Charles VI. and Maria Theresia were always committed to caring for the poor and the sick. The former “Thavonat foundations” on the Frankh property, in the Great Poorhouse, wore the coat of arms on the “equipment” to preserve the memory of the founder. For the “beneficiaries of better condition” a robe made of dust-colored cloth, the “ordinari house poor” of both sexes red cloth skirts, white turned-up and the same camisole. From the endowment fund, each benefactor received 9 kreuzers a day less 2 pfennigs, which were retained to purchase the outfit. Later, copper coins were created to “prevent leakage.” This meant that inmates in the house could shop at bakers, butchers, caterers, etc. (coin for sale here).“Quod pauperi mihi” was written on one side of this coin, “centuplum reddo” on the other (What you give to me, the poor, I will repay a hundredfold.) . In order to avoid polluting the air near the hospital, hanging laundry in the alleys was forbidden. Mulberry trees were planted in all the courtyards of the Great Poorhouse (at the behest of Maria Theresia); In 1768, 30 pounds of silk were obtained. Only cruisers can be expected, the high authority once explained: “Violators will be punished with five guilders!”
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Composition: Copper
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