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Country: State of Brandenburg-Prussia (German States)
Margrave Friedrich Wilhelm (1620-1640-1688)
Type: Standard circulation coin
Years: 1684 (1674-1687)
Value: 6 Gröscher (Groschen) (⅙)
Currency: Thaler (1618-1701)
Composition: Silver
Weight: 3.4 g.
Diameter: 24 mm
Thickness: 1 mm
Grade: VF30/25
Mint: Königsberg
Mintage: 4,193,000
Orientation: Medal Alignment ↑↑
References: KM# 429, Schrötter Brand# 1744-1885
Obverse:
Laureate and draped bust of Friedrich Wilhelm facing to right, his titles around.
Lettering:
FRID• WILH• DG• M• B• S• R• I• ARC & E• / H • S
Unabridged legend:
FRIDericus WILHelmus Dei Gratiae Marchio Brandenburgensis Sacri Romani Imperii ArchiCamerarius & Elector.
Engraver: Heinrich Sievertz.
Reverse:
Crown on value and double coat of arms, divides the date below.
Lettering:
SUPREMUS DUX IN PRUSSIA
VI
16 - 84
Translation: Supreme Commander in Prussia - 6 Gröscher.
Edge:
Smooth.
Mints:
Berlin, Germany (1280-date).
Königsberg, modern-day Kaliningrad, Russia.
Master:
CV → Christoph Varenhorst, Mint Master, Königsberg (1672-1674)
HS → Heinrich Sievertz, Mint Master, Königsberg (1674-1694)
LCS → Lorenz Christoph Schneider, Mint Master, Berlin (1682-1701)
BA → Bastian Altmann, Mint Master, Plotzkau (1679-1680), Szczecin (1681-1685), Königsberg (1685-1687), Wismar (1687-1702), Ilmenau (1691-1702)
Comments:
Brandenburg-Prussia or Brandenburg-Prussia (German: Brandenburg-Preußen) is the modern historiographical name for the union of the Hohenzollern territories in Brandenburg and Prussia[1] between 1618 and 1701. Based on the Electorate of Brandenburg, the main branch of the Hohenzollern held the Dynastic Union with the rulers of the Duchy of Prussia, which guaranteed succession in this territory with the death of the last Duke, in the male line, in 1618. Another consequence of the marriage was the incorporation of the Rhine minor Principalities of Cleves, Mark and Ravensberg after the Treaty of Xanten in 1614.
Reference : KM# 429, Schrötter Brand# 1744-1885
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Collection : German States coins