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The quartered arms of Anhalt-Bernburg, comprising multiple heraldic quarterings including the Saxon barry field and additional dynastic charges, surmounted by a princely crown and supported by decorative mantling. The date 17-46 is divided across the field to either side of the shield, with the mint-master initials HC and RF flanking the shield below. The denomination 1/3 appears at the base of the shield, and the legend NACH DEN LEIPZ FUS (indicating the Leipzig monetary standard) is incorporated within the circumscriptive Latin title legend reading VICTOR FRIDER D G P ANHALT DVX S A & W C ASC D B & S. |
Victor Friedrich ruled Anhalt-Bernburg from 1721 until his death in 1765, presiding over a principality too small to mint with any regularity. The 1/3 Thaler denomination — equal to eight Groschen — was a practical division used across much of northern Germany during the mid-eighteenth century, when fragmented coinage systems among the smaller German states created chronic exchange headaches for merchants moving between territories.
Mann#608 places this squarely within a thin run of silver issues from the Bernburg mint. Surviving examples in any grade are infrequently encountered.