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⅙ Thaler - Victor II Frederick Seven Years' War
| Issuer | Anhalt-Bernburg |
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| Year | 1758 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Denomination and date displayed in five bold lines across the field, reading VI / EINEN / REICHS / THALER / 1758, with the Bernburg mint mark B below the date flanked by stops, and two small rosette ornaments flanking the numeral VI at the top. The design is entirely typographic with no pictorial device, presenting a stark and legible statement of value typical of German states coinage of the Seven Years' War period. |
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| Mint | Bernburg Mint |
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Anhalt-Bernburg was a minor Saxon principality with almost no independent military capacity, yet the Seven Years' War forced even its rulers into the coin-striking business. The wartime demand for fractional silver — to pay troops, requisitions, and supply chains moving through central German territories — drove numerous small states to mint emergency fractions well outside their normal output. Victor II Frederick had ruled since 1721 and was in his final years when this piece was struck; he died in 1765.
The "var." designation against KM#46 points to die differences documented among 1758 output, likely reflecting multiple working dies cut under time pressure rather than any deliberate design change.