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5 Pfenninge - Frederick William III Pattern
| Issuer | Royal Prussian Mint |
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| Year | 1820 |
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| Value | 5 Pfennigs (5 Pfennige) (1⁄60) |
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| Obverse description | Central field features the Prussian royal arms: a crowned heraldic eagle displayed, with wings spread and detailed feathering, set within a shield surmounted by a royal crown. The legend '60 EINEN THALER' arcs around the upper periphery in bold Latin lettering, with a period stop at the conclusion of the inscription. The design is executed in a neoclassical style typical of early nineteenth-century Prussian coinage. The overall composition is well-centered within a plain, unadorned border. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Pattern coinage from the Royal Prussian Mint in this period reflects the broader currency rationalization underway across the German states following the Napoleonic disruptions. Frederick William III had spent years navigating competing monetary systems across Prussian territories, and the 1820 patterns represent trial strikes produced as the mint worked toward a standardized copper coinage — most of which never reached circulation in the forms first proposed. The AKS reference places this among a small group of documented copper trials from that rationalization effort.