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4 Kreuzers - Christian Frederick Charles Alexander
| Issuer | Margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach (German States) |
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| Year | 1763 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | 300 EINE FEINE MARK SILBER 17 63 |
| Reverse description | The reverse features a bold two-line denomination inscription 'IIII. / KREUZ:' in large Roman numerals and abbreviated text, centrally positioned within an ornate baroque cartouche flanked by elaborate acanthus scrollwork. A crown surmounts the upper cartouche element, while the mint-master initials 'K E' appear to the lower left and right respectively, with the mint initial 'S' (for Schwabach) centered at the foot. The circular outer legend reads 'CONVENT: MUNZ.' indicating the Conventionsthaler monetary standard. |
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Brandenburg-Ansbach's 1763 coinage falls squarely within the Seven Years' War's final chapter — a conflict that had drained virtually every German principality's treasury and forced widespread debasement of subsidiary coinage. Billon issues of this type were a direct consequence of that fiscal exhaustion. Christian Frederick Charles Alexander, who held the margraviate from 1757 until its sale to Prussia in 1791, never quite escaped the financial pressures inherited from the war years.
The Schön DM#105 attribution is the reliable anchor here; Wilm#1136 cross-references consistently.