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⅙ Thaler - Victor II Frederick Birthday
| Issuer | Anhalt-Bernburg |
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| Year | 1758 |
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| Currency | Thaler (1603-1805) |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Victor II Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg, facing right, with elaborately curled long wig rendered in fine detail. The portrait is set within a flat field with no inner circle. The circumferential legend reads V. FRID. D. G. P. A. DVX. S. A. & W. C. ASC. D. B. & S., abbreviated Latin titles identifying the ruler, separated by stops. The rim is edged with fine milling. The engraving reflects the mid-18th century German princely portrait style. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central field bears the bold denomination inscription VI / EINEN / THALER in three lines, with a small six-petalled rosette to either side of the numeral VI, and the Bernburg mint mark B below, flanked by two dots. The circumferential legend, reading around the full periphery, commemorates the birthday of Prince Frederick Albert: TRAD IS AUG 1758 · FR AL · MAB · NAT IS AUG 1735, recording his birth on 15 August 1735 and the occasion of 15 August 1758. The rim is finely milled throughout. |
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