Friedrich II the Great - 1/3 Reichsthaler 1771 Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia

Country: Kingdom of Prussia (German States)
King Frederick II the Great (1740-1786)
Type: Standard circulation coin
Years: 1771 A (1764-1774) 
Value: ⅓ Reichsthaler = 1⁄42 Cologne Mark
Currency: Thaler 
Composition: Silver (.666)
Weight: 8 g.
Diameter: 29 mm
Thickness: 1 mm
Grade: VF/F (corrosion on Reverse)
Mint: Berlin (A)
Mintage: -
Orientation: Medal Alignment ↑↑
References: KM# 303, Schön DM# 535

Obverse:
Laureate bust right of King Frederick II, surrounded by legend.

Inscription: FRIDERICUS BORUSSORUM REX

Reverse:
Face value, legend, year and mint mark in six lines, surrounded by a crown composed of a palm branch on the left and a laurel branch on the right.

Inscription: ✿ 3 ✿ ꟾ EINEN ꟾ REICHS ꟾ THALER ꟾ 1771 ꟾ *A*

Edge:
Slanted reeds.

Mints:
A → Berlin, Germany (1280-present).
B → Breslau, currently Wroclaw, Poland.
E → Königsberg, now Kaliningrad, Russia.
F → Magdeburg, Germany.

Comments:
1/3 Thaler = 8 Groschen = 96 Pfennig.

From 1765 the portrait of the king is standardized (Berlin type).

No significant variants of the legend known. The ornaments accosting the face value and the mint mark may nevertheless vary. The shape of the 3 and the position of certain letters also vary. Coins from 1764 from Magdeburg sometimes have a period at the end of the legend.

Reference : KM# 303, Schön DM# 535

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Collection : German States coins