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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1078669, member: 39&quot;]Thank you, Clinker! While I am not exactly a &quot;friend&quot; of Prussia and the dominant role it had mostly between 1815 and 1945, the country and state sure issued a lot of interesting coins. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> And you show some attractive pieces here.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Right, the Prussian mintmark system was also used in the German Empire. And since the state dominated the country, the first three letters A, B and C were reserved for the mints in Prussia. (Munich/Bavaria got the D, Dresden/Saxony used E, etc.). The Federal Republic of Germany did indeed keep those letters, except today we &quot;only&quot; have five mints ...</p><p><br /></p><p>While the German monarchy ended after WW1, the German Empire (Deutsches Reich) continued to exist until the Federal Republic was founded in 1949. The state of Prussia ceased to exist in 1947.</p><p><br /></p><p>Note that the title of the emperor was not &quot;Kaiser von Deutschland&quot; (Emperor of Germany) but &quot;Deutscher Kaiser&quot; (German Emperor). That was done primarily to avoid conflicts with the rival Austria. Wilhelm I did not particularly like the title from what I have read, but he found it more important to be King of Prussia anyway.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>An interesting example of politics on coins. The university in Breslau was actually founded around 1700, when the city was part of Austria. In the Prussian years, it was merged with another university in 1811 - and that &quot;merger&quot; is what, for the purpose of this Prussian coin, is considered the foundation of the university. Since the end of WW2 Breslau/Wrocław has been part of the Polish Republic and is a major academic center of the country. And I think they do count the pre-1811 years as part of the university&#039;s history. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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