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1⁄24 Thaler - Frederick William
| Issuer | Brandenburg-Prussia, State of |
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| Year | 1651-1660 |
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| Currency | Thaler (1618-1701) |
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| Obverse description | Armored bust of Elector Frederick William (the Great Elector) facing right, wearing a gorget and draped mantle, set within a beaded inner circle. The effigy displays characteristic mid-17th century portraiture with visible shoulder armor and ruffled collar below. The Latin legend encircles the bust along the outer rim, reading FRID.WILH: V:G:G: M Z B, abbreviating his full electoral titles. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Frederick William — the "Great Elector" — came to power in 1640 inheriting a Brandenburg ravaged by thirty years of war, with competing Swedish and Imperial garrisons still occupying his own territory. The coinage reforms he pursued through the 1650s were partly administrative necessity: the Westphalian settlement of 1648 left his fiscal apparatus in ruins, and small-denomination silver was badly needed to restart local commerce. The 1/24 Thaler denomination corresponds to the Groschen standard, pegged to the Reichsthaler at 24 units.
Production across this decade drew on several mints operating under shifting contracts.