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<p>[QUOTE="talerman, post: 8232363, member: 89314"]Germany REUSS-GERA Heinrich XXX Konventionstaler 1763 40.5 mm 28.88 g</p><p><br /></p><p>In the 12th century the Reuss family started the odd and confusing habit of naming all males in the family Heinrich, with an irregular numbering system. </p><p><br /></p><p>This coin was struck to commemorate the Treaty of Hubertusburg, signed on 15 February 1763 at Hubertusburg Castle by Prussia, Austria and Saxony to end the Third Silesian War. Together with the Treaty of Paris, signed five days earlier, it marked the end of the Seven Years' War. The treaty ended the continental conflict with no significant changes in prewar borders. Austria and Saxony renounced all claims to the Silesian territories ceded to Prussia in the 1742 Treaty of Berlin and the 1745 Treaty of Dresden.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv. arms: 2 helmets with dog head and crane respectively over qtrd. arms of Reuss (lion l.) and Kranichfeld (crane) in ornamented shield</p><p>Rev.: NEGLECTAE. VIRTVTI. DECVS. RESTIT (Honour reinstated neglected valour) Male figure of Freedom handing sceptre to female figure of Virtue over cityscape, in exergue MDCCLXIII over X. EINE. F (eine). M (arck).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1447563[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1447564[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="talerman, post: 8232363, member: 89314"]Germany REUSS-GERA Heinrich XXX Konventionstaler 1763 40.5 mm 28.88 g In the 12th century the Reuss family started the odd and confusing habit of naming all males in the family Heinrich, with an irregular numbering system. This coin was struck to commemorate the Treaty of Hubertusburg, signed on 15 February 1763 at Hubertusburg Castle by Prussia, Austria and Saxony to end the Third Silesian War. Together with the Treaty of Paris, signed five days earlier, it marked the end of the Seven Years' War. The treaty ended the continental conflict with no significant changes in prewar borders. Austria and Saxony renounced all claims to the Silesian territories ceded to Prussia in the 1742 Treaty of Berlin and the 1745 Treaty of Dresden. Obv. arms: 2 helmets with dog head and crane respectively over qtrd. arms of Reuss (lion l.) and Kranichfeld (crane) in ornamented shield Rev.: NEGLECTAE. VIRTVTI. DECVS. RESTIT (Honour reinstated neglected valour) Male figure of Freedom handing sceptre to female figure of Virtue over cityscape, in exergue MDCCLXIII over X. EINE. F (eine). M (arck). [ATTACH=full]1447563[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1447564[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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