Frederick II ordered a new ducat coinage in 1745, the same year his decisive victory at Hohenfriedberg secured Silesia for Prussia in the War of the Austrian Succession. The timing was not coincidental — control of Silesia's textile wealth and trade networks demanded a credible gold currency capable of circulating in the newly absorbed province's commercial economy.
The Berlin mint's ducat production under Frederick is catalogued across numerous die marriages by Olding and Kluge, and distinguishing individual emission years within the type requires close attention to the mint master's privy marks.
Frederick II ordered a new ducat coinage in 1745, the same year his decisive victory at Hohenfriedberg secured Silesia for Prussia in the War of the Austrian Succession. The timing was not coincidental — control of Silesia's textile wealth and trade networks demanded a credible gold currency capable of circulating in the newly absorbed province's commercial economy.
The Berlin mint's ducat production under Frederick is catalogued across numerous die marriages by Olding and Kluge, and distinguishing individual emission years within the type requires close attention to the mint master's privy marks.