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1 Pfennig - Christian Frederick Charles Alexander
| Issuer | Brandenburg-Ansbach, Margraviate of |
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| Year | 1757 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the crowned arms of Brandenburg-Ansbach, surmounted by an elaborate princely crown with decorative mantling and supporters. The date 1757 appears in the exergue below the shield. A circular Latin legend reading BRANDENBURG.A.SCHEIDE.MUNZ surrounds the design, separated from the milled border by a fine inner rim. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Brandenburg-Ansbach in 1757 was technically a Hohenzollern possession governed by Alexander's regency council — he was still a minor — while the Seven Years' War was actively redrawing alliances across the Holy Roman Empire. Small copper pfennig issues from minor margraviates during this period were frequently struck for purely local circulation needs, as the larger war economy absorbed silver supplies and disrupted regional minting schedules. KM#232 is not noted for significant die varieties.