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1 Pfennig - Frederick August
| Issuer | Anhalt-Zerbst |
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| Year | 1766 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#50 |
| Obverse description | Draped bust of Prince Frederick August of Anhalt-Zerbst facing right, wearing armored pauldron and a cravat tied at the neck, his hair dressed in curls. The effigy is rendered in high relief with fine baroque detail. The circular Latin legend is arranged around the periphery, reading D•G•F• A•P•A•, abbreviating 'Dei Gratia Fridericus Augustus Princeps Anhaltinus' or similar, divided by the bust. |
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| Reverse lettering | F•A•Z•L•M• 1766 1·PFENNING |
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Anhalt-Zerbst is remembered today almost entirely because Catherine the Great was born there — Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst left for Russia in 1744, and the principality itself was absorbed into Prussia in 1793, just 27 years after this coin was struck. Frederick August ruled a territory so small and financially marginal that its copper pfennig coinage was more a assertion of sovereign minting rights than a practical economic instrument.