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1⁄24 Thaler - Joanna Elisabeth and Frederick Augustus
| Issuer | Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst (German States) |
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| Year | 1749 |
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| Value | 1⁄24 Thaler |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by the interlaced cypher IEFA — the combined monogram of co-regents Joanna Elisabeth and Frederick Augustus — rendered in ornate calligraphic script. The monogram is surmounted by a princely crown. The whole device is framed within a wreath of laurel and palm branches, the tips of which meet at the base of the coin. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorf is far better remembered as the mother of Catherine the Great than as co-ruler of Anhalt-Zerbst, a minor principality she administered alongside her largely ineffectual husband Frederick Augustus. She spent most of her time away from Zerbst — first engineering her daughter's placement at the Russian imperial court in 1744, then meddling in Prussian and French diplomatic affairs until her death in 1760. That a coin bearing her name was struck at all reflects the formal co-regency structure of the principality rather than any active role she played in its governance.