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½ Thaler - Frederick III Death
| Issuer | Margraviate of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (German States) |
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| Year | 1763 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears a sixteen-line memorial inscription in Latin and German, recording key biographical details of Margrave Frederick III including his birth at Weverlingen on 10 May 1711, his first marriage preparations in Berlin on 20 November 1730, his assumption of government in Bayreuth on 26 February 1763, his regnal year XXIIX, and his age of LII. Below the biographical text appears the denomination statement X•EINE FEINE MARK, followed by the mint official's initials C.L.R. The inscription is presented in a dignified monumental style consistent with commemorative death coinage of the period. |
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| Reverse lettering | PRINCEPS PIVS SAPIENS MAGNANIMVSCLEMENS LIBERALISSTATORLITTERARVM NATUS WEVERLINGAE D. XC. MAY MDCCXI PRIMIS NUPTIIS ADPARATIS BEROLINI D. XX. NOV. MDCCXXX GVBERNACVLA SVSCEPIT BARVTHI D.XXVI.FEBR.MDCCLXIII ANNO REGIMINIS XXIIX ÆTATIS LII X.EINE FEINE MARK C.L.R. |
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