E-auction 41-16266 - fre_317078 - PRUSSIA - MARGRAVIATE OF BRANDENBURG - GEORGE WILLIAM Vingt-quatrième de thaler 1625 Cologne

PRUSSIA - MARGRAVIATE OF BRANDENBURG - GEORGE WILLIAM Vingt-quatrième de thaler 1625 Cologne VF

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Estimate :	50 €
Price :	9 €
Maximum bid :	27 €
End of the sale :	27 January 2014 17:11:00
bidders :	6 bidders

Type : Vingt-quatrième de thaler

Date: 1625

Mint name / Town : Cologne

Metal : billon

Diameter : 18,9 mm

Orientation dies : 10 h.

Weight : 1,10 g.

Coments on the condition:

Léger décentrage

Obverse

Obverse legend : MONE. NOV - DVC. PRVS.

Obverse description : Globe crucigère dont la croix coupe la légende en haut, de part et d'autre 2-4 ; sous le globe un écu coupant la légende en bas.

Reverse

Reverse legend : GE. WI. MA. - B. R. S. R. I. E..

Reverse description : Écu à quatre quartiers portant sur le tout un petit écu, sous une couronne coupant la légende en haut ; au-dessous, coupant la légende, 3 dans un écu échancré.

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..