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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 4296912, member: 87809&quot;]Friedrich II, Kingdom of Prussia </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>These Thalers were struck under Frederick II &#039;The Great&#039;, king of Prussia from 1740 until his death in 1786. The Thaler contains 0.537 troy ounces of silver. Several different mint marks were used, spanning from the letters A through to F. This type, issued in Breslau and Berlin 1750-52, is the second Thaler issued by Frederick the Great after the very rare type of 1741 (Davenport 2581).</p><p><br /></p><p>AR, Reichstaler, Breslau (Today Wroclaw, Poland), 1751</p><p>38 mm, 21.87 g</p><p>Ref.: Olding 28 b; v. Schrötter 182 b, Davenport 2583; KM 256</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: FRIDERICVS BORVSSORUM REX, Laureate portrait right</p><p>Rev.: EIN REICHSTALER 17 (B) 51 Crowned eagle flying (open wings), looking to the left above; right two and left three banner points</p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1093784[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1093785[/ATTACH]</p><p>and one with a much older portrait:</p><p><br /></p><p>Berlin, 1777</p><p>38 mm, 22.03 g</p><p>Ref.: Olding 70; Kluge 123.3; v. Schrötter 463; Davenport 2590</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: FRIDERICVS BORVSSORUM REX, Laureate portrait right</p><p>Rev.: EIN REICHSTALER 17 (A) 77 Crowned eagle flying (open wings) over flags and canons, looking left above; to right and left banner points</p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1093794[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1093796[/ATTACH]</p><p>and some small pocket change:</p><p><br /></p><p>AR, ⅓ Thaler, Breslau, 1773</p><p>29 mm, 8.11 g </p><p>Ref.: Olding 88; v. Schrötter 550; KM 303</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: FRIDERICVS BORVSSORUM REX, Laureate portrait right</p><p>Rev.: 3 EINEN REICHS THALER 1773 within palm and laurel branches. Mint mark B (3 einen thaler means one-third of a Thaler)</p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1093801[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1093802[/ATTACH]</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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