Live auction - fwo_431055 - GERMANY - KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA - FREDERICK-WILLIAM IV 2 Thaler 1846 Berlin
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| Estimate : | 450 € |
| Price : | 250 € |
| Maximum bid : | 250 € |
| End of the sale : | 13 June 2017 18:29:59 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : 2 Thaler
Date: 1846
Mint name / Town : Berlin
Quantity minted : 1472233
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 40,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 37,19 g.
Edge : inscrite en creux
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
L’exemplaire a été nettoyé puis s’est patiné. Petits coups sur le listel
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : FRIEDR. WILHELM IV KONENIG V. PREUSSEN.
Obverse description : Tête nue à droite de Frédéric-Guillaume IV de Prusse / A (sous le buste).
Obverse translation : (Frédéric-Guillaume IV, roi de Prusse).
Reverse
Reverse legend : 2 THALER VII EINE- F. MARK 3/12 GULDEN* VEREINS 18 46 MUNZE*.
Reverse description : Écu couronné à quatorze quartiers.
Reverse translation : (2 Thalers. 7 pièces dans un marc de fin. 3 1/2 florins. monnaie de convention).
Historical background
GERMANY - KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA - FREDERICK-WILLIAM IV
(7/06/1840-2/01/1861)
Frédéric-Guillaume IV (1795-1861) was the eldest son of Frédéric-Guillaume III and Louise of Mecklenburg. He succeeded his father in 1840. Liberal, he changed his mind with the pan-European revolution of 1848. He lost his mind and his brother, the future William I, assumed the regency from 1856. Frédéric-Guillaume IV died in 1861 childless. He had married Elizabeth of Bavaria. His brother William I then ascended the throne.
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