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== Electorate of Brandenburg (1417-1701) ==
 
== Electorate of Brandenburg (1417-1701) ==
 
Prussian coins minted before 1618 were issued by the local dukes, not the elector of Brandenburg.
 
Prussian coins minted before 1618 were issued by the local dukes, not the elector of Brandenburg.
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* [[Teutonic Order 1515 groschen]], Albert of Brandenburg
 
* [[Prussia 1529 groschen]]
 
* [[Prussia 1529 groschen]]
 
* [[Prussia 1530 groschen]], Sigismund
 
* [[Prussia 1530 groschen]], Sigismund

Revision as of 11:14, 26 July 2026

Prussia in 1789, from Putzger's atlas of 1905
1872-B 20 mark

According to the SCWC, prior to 1821, one thaler = 24 groschen = 288 pfennig = 576 heller. In 1821, this was reformed so that one thaler = 30 groschen = 360 pfennig. In 1871, when the Empire was founded, 100 pfennig = one mark.

Electorate of Brandenburg (1417-1701)

Prussian coins minted before 1618 were issued by the local dukes, not the elector of Brandenburg.

kingdom of Prussia (1701-1871)

one kreuzer thru 15 kreuzer (struck for Silesia)

18 kreuzer (struck for Silesia)

one pfennig

two pfennig

three pfennig

four pfennige

half groschen

one groschen

two and 2½ groschen

four groschen

six groschen

eight groschen

18 groscher

1/48 thaler

1/24, 1/16 and 1/12 thaler

1/8 and one-sixth thaler

quarter and third thaler

half thaler and gulden

thaler

Frederick II (the Great)

Friedrich Wilhelm II (1786-97)

Friedrich Wilhelm III

Friedrich Wilhelm IV

Wilhelm I

for 1866-78, A = Berlin, B = Hannover, C = Frankfurt

two thaler

half krone

gold krone

ducat

halb friedrichs d'or (half frederick d'or)

friedrichs d'or (frederick d'or)

doppelter friedrichs d'or

Kosel siege coinage

reform coinage (1871-1918)

two mark

three mark

five mark (silver and gold)

ten mark

twenty mark