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16 Pfennigs / 4 Groschen / 5 Kreuzers - Frederick August
| Issuer | Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst (German States) |
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| Year | 1764 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central quartered coat of arms of Anhalt-Zerbst, displaying the Anhalt bear and the Zerbst eagle in alternating quarters, the shield flanked on either side by large decorative palm fronds rising from the lower field. The peripheral legend AD NOR CONV 240 E F M encircles the upper portion of the coin, denoting the coin's conformity to the 1753 Convention monetary standard of 240 pieces to the fine mark. The denomination is expressed in three concurrent values at the lower field: 4 G (4 Groschen), 16 P (16 Pfennig), and 5 K (5 Kreuzer), reflecting the coin's multivalent utility across the various monetary systems of the Holy Roman Empire. |
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Anhalt-Zerbst occupies an outsized place in 18th-century dynastic history as the birthplace of Sophie von Anhalt-Zerbst, who left the principality in 1744 to become Catherine the Great of Russia. Frederick August ruled this tiny, perpetually indebted territory through the Seven Years' War, which disrupted trade and strained the coinage — the debased billon content of issues like this one reflects chronic fiscal pressure rather than any deliberate monetary reform.
The triple denomination inscription attempts to reconcile the competing monetary systems circulating simultaneously across fragmented German territory.