KM# 488 THALER 1861A minted in Berlin 18.52 g., 0.900 Silver 0.5359 oz. ASW Ruler: Wilhelm I Subject: Coronation of Wilhelm and Augusta Obv: Crowned conjoined busts right Obv. Legend: WILHELM KOENIG AUGUSTA KOENIGIN V. PREUSSEN Rev: Arms at center of crowned monograms Rev. Legend: SUUM CUIQUE KROENUNGS THALER 1861 Note: Vereins Thaler. Please have a look at our other Catawiki auction lots for more coin collections. and/or add us to your favourites to find our future auction lots easily. Bid with confidence. AG-Worldcoins, over 3000 lots sold on Catawiki. High feedback score. Please evaluate this lot with reference to the images provided. Will be sent via registered mail. I charge only 1x shipping costs when you buy multiple lots in the same auction. You are welcome to bid on my other items: https://veiling.catawiki.nl/aanbod/hamaca extra info: The Elector and Margrave of Brandenburg-Prussia, Friedrich III (1688-1713) offered his support to the Austrian Habsburgs during the War of the Spanish Succession. In exchange, Friedrich was permitted to assume the title “King in Prussia” in 1701 and ruled from that year as Friedrich I. Prussia built itself up as one of the major military powers of Europe during the 18th century, despite its size and mostly rural population. Brandenburg-Prussia had been adroitly acquiring territories and significant increases in the number of inhabitants all during the 17th century, especially in the technologically advanced Rhineland. Her far-flung territories gave Prussia a wide operating base and a large and steady income flowed into the state treasury. Friedrich II the Great (1740-1786) built upon his predecessors’ advances and began his reign by wresting much of Silesia away from Austria. Friedrich II was handed a setback during the Seven Years’ War (1756-1763) when Russia, under Tsarina Elisabeth I Petrovna, occupied the eastern Prussian territories from 1758 until 1762. A short-lived, but extensive series of coins were struck in Elisabeth’s name during those years. As a result of the second partitioning of Poland in 1793, Prussia received the region between East and West Prussia designated the province of South Prussia. A number of small denomination copper coins were struck for this territory for several years late in the 18th century. Prussia suffered greatly at the hands of Napoleon in the early 19th century, but was among the victorious allies who shared in the spoils of his defeats in 1814 and 1815. Prussia industrialized during the 19th century and added considerably to its territory after wars with Denmark and Austria in 1864 and 1866. The victory over France in the war of 1870-71 resulted in the annexation of Alsace and Lorraine, but even more importantly, it precipitated the creation of the German Empire, with Prussia leading the way. King Wilhelm I became Kaiser (Emperor) Wilhelm I of a united Germany. Defeat in World War I ended the empire and monarchy in Germany. Today, Prussia is not even part of the modern, unified country of Germany. NOTE: For coins of Neuchatel previously listed here, see Switzerland.RULERS Friedrich Wilhelm III, 1797-1840 Friedrich Wilhelm IV, 1840-1861 Wilhelm I, 1861-1888 Friedrich III, March 1888-June 1888 Wilhelm II, 1888-1918 MINT MARKS A - Berlin = Prussia, East Friesland, East Prussia, Posen B - Bayreuth = Brandenburg-Ansbach-Bayreuth B - Breslau = Silesia, Posen, South Prussia C - Cleve D - Aurich = East Friesland, Prussia E - Königsberg = East Prussia F - Magdeburg G - Stettin G - Schwerin, Plön-Rethwisch Mint, 1763 only S - Schwabach = Brandenburg-- Ansbach-Bayreuth Star – Dresden ARMS Hohenzollern – shield divided into quarters, upper left and lower right usually shaded. Prussia – eagle, usually crowned, with wings spread REFERENCES D = Kurt Dost, Münzen in Preussenland...1525-1821, Essen, 1990. N = Erich Neumann, Brandenburg-preussische Münzprägungen unter der Herrschaft der Hohenzollern 1415- 1918, 2 vols., Cologne, 1997.