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Issuer: Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire (1871-1918)
Emperor: Wilhelm II (1888-1918)
Type: Circulating commemorative coin
Years: 1913
Value: 3 Mark
Currency: Mark (1873-1923)
Composition: Silver (.900)
Weight: 16.5 g.
Diameter: 32.5 mm
Thickness: 1.37 mm
Grade: XF45
Mintage: 2,000,000
Orientation: Medal Alignment ↑↑
References: KM# 534, J# 110
Commemorative issue:
100th Anniversary of the Prussians entering the war against Napoleon.
Obverse:
Eagle with a snake in its talons, denomination and date below.
Lettering:
DEUTSCHES REICH 1913
* DREI MARK *
Translation:
German Empire 1913
Three Mark
Reverse:
King Friedrich Wilhelm III on horseback in the midst of cheering people, his battle cry and date at the bottom. Legend around and below with date of anniversary.
Lettering:
DER KÖNIG RIEF UND ALLE ALLE KAMEN ·
MIT GOTT·FÜR KÖNIG UND VATERLAND
17-3-1813
Translation:
The King Called and All Came
With God for King and Fatherland
March 17, 1813
Edge:
Smooth with inscriptions in hollow.
Lettering: GOTT MIT UNS
Translation: God with us.
Mints:
Berlin, Germany (1280-date).
Comments:
This commemorative coin, also known as “The King Called”, marks the centenary of King Frederick William III’s appeal “To My People” in Breslau, which lead to the declaration of war against Napoleon’s France. The featured distinctive eagle clutching a snake, symbolizes Prussia’s resistance to France's foreign domination. This motif differs from the standard heraldic eagle and is one of the rare exceptions among the Kaiserreich commemorative coins.
Reference : KM# 534, J# 110
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Collection : Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Empire of Habsburg & German Empire