Live auction - fwo_379042 - GERMANY - KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA - FREDERICK II THE GREAT 2 Frederics d’or 1770 Berlin
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| Estimate : | 4 000 € |
| Price : | 8 805 € |
| Maximum bid : | 26 710 € |
| End of the sale : | 01 March 2016 17:47:21 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : 2 Frederics d’or
Date: 1770
Mint name / Town : Berlin
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 13,37 g.
Edge : cordonnée
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
L’exemplaire présente une légère usure sur le portrait et quelques stries d’ajustage de part et d’autre. La pièce conserve son brillant d’origine
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : FRIDERICUS BORUSSORUM REX.
Obverse description : Tête laurée à droite de Frédéric II de Prusse.
Obverse translation : (Fréderic, roi de Prusse).
Reverse
Reverse legend : 17 - 70 / *A*.
Reverse description : Aigle couronnée debout à droite sur un monceau d'armes, son aile droite déployée, la tête tournée à gauche ; au-dessous la date sous un trait d’exergue.
Commentary
Le double Frédéric, ou pièce de 10 Thalers, est la monnaie emblématique du royaume de Prusse. Le terme de Frédéric d’or est directement lié au roi Frédéric II de Prusse. On rencontre des pièces de 2 Frédérics d'or, 1 Frédéric d'or et le demi-Frédéric d'or. La plus rare est très nettement la pièce de 2 Frédérics.
Historical background
GERMANY - KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA - FREDERICK II THE GREAT
(1740-08/17/1786)
Frederic was born in Berlin on January 24, 1712 and is the son of Frederick William I. It was first France's ally in the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748) then there was a reversal of alliance during the Seven Years' War (1756-1763). He was one of the great winners of the Treaty of Paris (1763) and took part in the first dismemberment of Poland (1772). Frederick II (1712-1786) was the greatest king of Prussia. Friend of Voltaire, he wrote in French and was the model of the enlightened despot of the second half of the 18th century. He succeeded his father Frédéric-Guillaume, King Sergent and made Berlin a real capital and the Château de Sans Souci in Potsdam a little Versailles. Thanks to a warlike policy, he made Prussia the most powerful state in Eastern Europe and counterbalanced the influence of Austria and Russia. He died at the castle of Sans-Souci (Potsdam), August 17, 1786.
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