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1⁄12 Thaler - Frederick William
| Issuer | Brandenburg-Prussia, State of |
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| Year | 1679-1688 |
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| Currency | Thaler (1618-1701) |
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| Reverse lettering | D H R R E C V C .IPZM. GC .BSPOMH (Translation: Des Heiligen Römisches Reichs Erz Cämmerer Und Churfürst, In Preussen Zu Magdeburg Gülich Cleve Berg Stettin Pommern Herzog) |
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| Mintage | 1679 CS - - 1683 IL - - 1683 LCS - - 1684 LCS - - 1685 LCS - - 1686 LCS - - 1687 LCS - - 2,674,000 1688 LCS - - |
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Frederick William, the "Great Elector," spent much of his reign reconstructing Brandenburg-Prussia's shattered economy after the Thirty Years' War, and his coinage reforms of the 1670s were a direct instrument of that project. The 1/12 Thaler denomination was pegged to the Leipzig Foot standard, an attempt to align Brandenburg currency with the broader North German monetary conventions and ease trade friction with neighboring states.
The Schrötter reference running as 857– indicates an open series — multiple die variations documented across the decade-long production window, with minor legend and mintmaster differences still being catalogued.