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1 Frederick d'Or - Frederick William IV
| Issuer | Prussia, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1841-1852 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | The Prussian crowned eagle displayed with wings spread, head turned to the right, perched atop a cannon barrel resting on a ground line with cannonballs and military trophies including a standard and a sword visible to either side. The eagle wears a small royal crown above its head. The four-digit date appears in the exergue below the cannon, with no surrounding legend. The border is composed of a continuous row of beads. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The Frederick d'Or had been Prussia's prestige gold coinage since Frederick the Great formalized the type in 1741, and by the time Frederick William IV's effigy appeared on it a century later, the denomination carried considerable dynastic weight. Frederick William IV himself was a deeply conservative monarch who rejected the Frankfurt Parliament's offer of a constitutional crown in 1849 — he famously refused to accept a crown "from the gutter." His coins, by contrast, circulated without controversy.
KM#442 spans eleven years and multiple die marriages. The earlier strikes of the series are generally considered superior in execution to those of the final years.