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1 Pfennig - Christian Frederick Charles Alexander
| Issuer | Brandenburg-Ansbach, Margraviate of |
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| Year | 1781 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Crowned and draped Hohenzollern quartered coat of arms at center, supported by foliate mantling on either side, surmounted by an ornate electoral crown. The shield displays the characteristic Hohenzollern quartering. The entire device is set within a milled border with no surrounding legend. |
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| Reverse description | Displayed Prussian eagle with spread wings facing forward, dividing the date 17-81 above and the denomination numeral P-F (Pfennig) below across the eagle's body. The eagle is rendered in fine detail with elaborately engraved plumage, set within a milled border with no surrounding legend. |
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Christian Frederick Charles Alexander, the last Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, ceded his territory to Prussia in 1791 — just ten years after this coin was struck — in a private deal negotiated without consulting his subjects, in exchange for a Prussian pension. That a margraviate capable of issuing its own silver coinage, however fractional, could simply be sold off by its ruler speaks to the fragmented sovereignty of the late Holy Roman Empire. At 0.23 grams, the silver content was nearly negligible even by contemporary standards, yet the Ansbach mint maintained the denomination regardless.