fwo_1091722 - GERMANY - KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA - FREDERICK III 2 Mark 1888 Berlin
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Type : 2 Mark
Date: 1888
Mint name / Town : Berlin
Quantity minted : 500000
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 11,12 g.
Obverse
Obverse legend : FRIEDRICH DEUTSCHER KAISER KÖNIG V.PREUSSEN // A.
Obverse description : portrait à droite.
Obverse translation : (Frédéric Empereur d’Allemagne roi de Prusse).
Reverse
Reverse legend : DEUTSCHES REICH 1888// *ZWEI MARK*.
Reverse description : Aigle impériale couronnée, timbrée d'un écu orné d'une aigle, entouré du collier de l'ordre allemand.
Reverse translation : (Empire allemand).
Commentary
Fils de l’Empereur d’Allemagne Guillaume Ier, Frédéric III devient kaiser le 3 mars 1888 à la mort de son père. Atteint d’un cancer du larynx, il décède après 99 jours de règne le 15 juin 1888 sans avoir pû mettre en oeuvre ses idées libérales.
Son of the German Emperor Wilhelm I, Frederick III became Kaiser on March 3, 1888, upon the death of his father. Suffering from laryngeal cancer, he died after 99 days of reign on June 15, 1888, without having been able to implement his liberal ideas.
Son of the German Emperor Wilhelm I, Frederick III became Kaiser on March 3, 1888, upon the death of his father. Suffering from laryngeal cancer, he died after 99 days of reign on June 15, 1888, without having been able to implement his liberal ideas.
Historical background
GERMANY - KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA - FREDERICK III
(9/03-15/06/1888)
Frederick III (18/101831-15/06/1888) succeeded his father in 1888. He was the father of William II and married Victoria's daughter, also named Victoria (1840-1901).
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