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1⁄12 Reichsthaler - Frederick II
| Issuer | Prussia, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1750-1755 |
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| Value | 1⁄12 Thaler |
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| Reverse description | Six-line inscription in the field, without a surrounding legend, presenting the denomination and date in large Roman-style lettering. The numeral 12 appears at the top center flanked by rosette ornaments, followed by the words EINEN, REICHS, and THALER on successive lines, with the date 1752 and the mint mark A at the base, the latter separated by a small star or rosette. The plain field gives a stark, utilitarian appearance typical of Prussian subsidiary coinage of the Frederician era. |
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| Mintage | 1750 A - - 1750 B - - 4,567,068 1751 A - - 1751 B - - 7,695,915 1751 C - - 1752 A - - 1752 B - - 1752 C - - 1752 D - - 1752 F - - 1753 C - - 1753 F - - 1754 C - - 1755 C - - |
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Frederick II financed the Seven Years' War — which began in 1756, immediately after this series ended — through aggressive monetary debasement, and this issue sits at the edge of that fiscal deterioration. The billon content here is already a compromise from earlier silver standards, reflecting the mounting costs of the First and Second Silesian Wars of the preceding decade. Prussia's mints at Berlin, Königsberg, Breslau, and Aurich all struck this type, which accounts for the sprawling die variety references in Schrötter and Olding.