My one and only Prussian coin!

I have one of these and I am very fond of it.

 

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Party time in the DDR. support your local STASI !!!:devil:

 

And from me...

 

And yet.

 

In the context of this particular coin (I guess you know what Buchenwald was) I don't find that particularly funny, sorry. Then again, many of the coins posted in this topic do not have anything to do with Prussia (which ceased to exist in 1947) or the German Empire (until 1949) anyway.

Christian

 

Sorry, if I upset you in anyway, but in same time
Prussia was one of the states of Germany, since XV-XVI.
The name Prussia derives from the Old Prussians. In the 13th century, "Old Prussia" was conquered by German crusaders, the Teutonic Knights. In 1308 Teutonic Knights conquered the formerly Polish region of Pomerelia with Gdańsk (Danzig). Their monastic state was mostly Germanized through immigration from central and western Germany and in the south it was Polonized by settlers from Masovia. After the Second Peace of Thorn of 1466, Prussia was split into the western Royal Prussia, a province of Poland, and the eastern part, since 1525 called Duchy of Prussia, a fief of the Crown of Poland up to 1657. The union of Brandenburg and the Duchy of Prussia in 1618 led to the proclamation of the Kingdom of Prussia in 1701.
Prussia achieved its greatest importance in the 18th and 19th centuries. During the 18th century, it became a great European power under the reign of Frederick the Great (1740–1786). During the 19th century, Chancellor Otto von Bismarck united the German principalities into a "Lesser Germany" which would exclude the Austrian Empire.
After 1810 Prussia dominated Germany politically, economically, and in population, and was the core of the unified North German Confederation formed in 1867, which became part of the German Empire or Deutsches Reich in 1871.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prussia

 

I've got one of those (the OP coin) too. Discussed it here.

http://www.cointalk.com/t152372/

I also have a Hindenburg 2 mark 3rd Reich with symbol. I prefer not to post it, but keep it as a reminder.

 

Siberian Man, nice coins,very nice.:yes:
special Allemagne, Sachsen, Saxe SACHSEN, SAXE, 2/3 de Taler, Friedrich August, 1766
I really like that, I do not have this one. Piece of Russia on Germany coin

 

It takes more to make me upset. And I don't really care whether coins from Bavaria, Hesse or Saxony get posted here, even though these countries/states have never been parts of Prussia. But seeing coins from the country where I live - the Federal Republic of Germany - or from the GDR in this particular topic I find somewhat strange.

Christian

 

chrisild!
I was born in Russia, name of the town - Baltiysk ( I guess because it's next to Baltic sea), but this town got this name after the WWII, and before it was Pilau, belong to Prussia, then I moved to another town not far ,
Kaliningrad - before Koenigsberg ,Prussia. What I would like to say, I lived in Prussia for 20 years, believe this or not, and I definitely never forget the streets, and lakes, and brick houses,castle ,churches, all of this, grave of Kant, a lot of history long history.
My grandmother found a lot of treasure in ground, when she worked in garden.

 

Ah, I see ... well, at least I know where these cities are. And I don't have anything against Prussian coins in general; it's just that coins from those other countries that I mentioned do not really belong here. Oh well, wandering topics, hehe.

From my point of view, I live in a city (on the Rhine river) that was "swallowed" by Prussia in 1813. That status lasted for more than 100 years, but was over when Prussia was dissolved more than 60 years ago. The city formerly known as Königsberg, on the other hand, was actually in the heart of the old Prussian territory (you will know all that). In a way, even the 10 DM coin that Ripley showed in post #18 (Deutscher Orden) is related to it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teutonic_Knights#Prussia But despite the "Prussian" theme it is not a Prussian coin.

Your grandmother must have had a lucky day then. I hope she could keep what she found!

Christian