1⁄24 Thaler - Victor II Frederick

Anhalt-Bernburg was among the smallest of the fragmented Saxon principalities, and its coinage in the 1750s reflects a treasury under strain — the Seven Years' War had begun the previous year, pulling financial obligations from even minor German states into the conflict's orbit. Victor II Frederick ruled a territory of negligible military significance but was still subject to the fiscal pressures radiating from the broader Germanic system, including obligations to the Imperial Circle.

Billon issues of this denomination were workhorses of petty commerce, struck cheap and spent fast.