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1 Pfennig - Frederick II
| Issuer | Prussia, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1751-1755 |
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| Value | 1 Pfennig (1⁄288) |
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| Obverse script | Latin (cursive) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a five-line inscription arranged across the central field, denoting the denomination and monetary designation. The numeral I appears at the top centre, flanked on either side by a rosette ornament. Below follow the lines PFEN:SCHEID, MUNTZ, and the date 1752, with the Berlin mint mark A positioned beneath the date. The entire design is set within a plain field with a milled border. |
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Frederick II had little patience for small copper coinage — his monetary reforms of the early 1750s were driven primarily by the demands of financing the Seven Years' War buildup, and the pfennig denominations were struck more out of commercial necessity than royal interest. The Berlin and Magdeburg mints both contributed to this issue, which accounts for the die variety spread documented across the Schrötter references.