fwo_946766 - PRUSSIA - MARGRAVIATE OF BRANDENBURG - GEORGE WILLIAM 1/4 Thaler 1625 Königsberg
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Type : 1/4 Thaler
Date: 1625
Mint name / Town : Königsberg
Metal : silver
Diameter : 29,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,78 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R2
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Obverse
Obverse legend : GEORG. WILH: D. G. MARCG. BRAND.
Obverse description : Grand buste de Georges guillaume à droite, coiffé d’une couronne et d’un manteau de sacre, portant un sceptre sur l’épaule droite et tenant une épée dans la main droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : SAR. ROM. IMP. ARCHIC. ELEC. D. PRVSS.
Reverse description : Eu à quatre quartiers surmonté d’une couronne; 2-5.
Historical background
PRUSSIA - MARGRAVIATE OF BRANDENBURG - GEORGE WILLIAM
(1619-1640)
In 1417, Frederick of Hohenzollern was invested with the Margraviate of Brandenburg by Emperor Sigismund. From this year, the Hohenzollerns will not stop expanding their territory through a game of subtle alliances. The greatest extension of the territory of the Hohenzollerns was the attachment of Prussia to the margraviate of Brandenburg in 1618 with part of the duchies of Cleves and Juliers. The Margraviate of Brandenburg was severely affected by the conflicts of the Thirty Years' War, its population dropping from 360,000 to just 140,000..
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