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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bart, post: 216750, member: 5580&quot;]You are showing a very interesting coin here, Bonedigger!</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a pre-Prussian issue, as it was issued for the electorate of Brandenburg. The kingdom of Prussia came into being in 1701. This coin is in Krause as Brandenburg KM#429. It was minted at the Königsberg Mint, what we can see at the mintmasters initials H.S. for Heinrich Sievertz, who was mintmaster of Königsberg 1674-77; 79-85 and 1687-94. Königsberg was the capital city of East-Prussia and is now known as Kaliningrad. It is now the capital of the Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian enclave within the E.U.</p><p>The legend says: Friedrich Wilhelm, by the grace of God margrave of Brandenburg, arch-chamberlain and prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire. On the revers it says: highest duke in Prussia.</p><p>A really nice coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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