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| Emittent | Brandenburg-Prussia, State of |
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| Jahr | 1675 |
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| Währung | Thaler (1618-1701) |
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| Aversbeschreibung | Equestrian portrait of Elector Frederick William (the Great Elector) mounted on a horse rearing to the left, brandishing a sword in his right hand, with an armorial crest visible on the horse's flank. Two lines of Latin legend arc above and behind the figure. In the lower exergual area, a detailed panoramic view of a city is depicted, with a wooded landscape through which three cavalry and six infantry soldiers advance to the left, commemorating the military campaign. |
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| Auflage | 1675 |
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This thaler commemorates the Battle of Fehrbellin, June 1675, where Frederick William — the Great Elector — routed a Swedish force roughly twice the size of his own. The victory ended Swedish military dominance in northern Germany and established Brandenburg-Prussia as a serious power in its own right. It was a genuinely surprising outcome; most European courts had expected Sweden to brush aside the Brandenburger advance.
Commemorative thalers of this type were struck as diplomatic and propaganda instruments as much as currency. Fehrbellin remained a touchstone in Hohenzollern mythology for the next two centuries.