Coins from the Kingdom of Prussia

The Kingdom of Prussia (German: Königreich Preußen) was a German kingdom that constituted the state of Prussia between 1701 and 1918. It was the driving force behind the unification of Germany in 1871 and was the leading state of the German Empire until its dissolution in 1918. Although it took its name from the region called Prussia, it was based in the Margraviate of Brandenburg, where its capital was Berlin. The kings of Prussia were from the House of Hohenzollern. Prussia was a great power from the time it became a kingdom, through its predecessor, Brandenburg-Prussia, which became a military power under Frederick William, known as "The Great Elector". Prussia continued its rise to power under the guidance of Frederick II, more commonly known as Frederick the Great, who was the third son of Frederick William I.[8] Frederick the Great was instrumental in starting the Seven Years' War, holding his own against Austria, Russia, France and Sweden and establishing Prussia's role in the German states, as well as establishing the country as a European great power. After the might of Prussia was revealed it was considered as a major power among the German states. Throughout the next hundred years Prussia went on to win many battles, and many wars. Because of its power, Prussia continuously tried to unify all the German states (excluding the German cantons in Switzerland) under its rule, and whether Austria would be included in such a unified German domain was an ongoing question. After the Napoleonic Wars led to the creation of the German Confederation, the issue of unifying the German states caused a number of revolutions throughout the German states, with all states wanting to have their own constitution. Attempts to create a federation remained unsuccessful and the German Confederation collapsed in 1866 when war ensued between its two most powerful member states, Prussia and Austria. The North German Confederation, which lasted from 1867 to 1871, created a closer union between the Prussian-aligned states while Austria and most of Southern Germany remained independent. The North German Confederation was seen as more of an alliance of military strength in the aftermath of the Austro-Prussian War but many of its laws were later used in the German Empire. The German Empire lasted from 1871 to 1918 with the successful unification of all the German states under Prussian hegemony; this was due to the defeat of Napoleon III in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71. The war united all the German states against a common enemy, and with the victory came an overwhelming wave of nationalism which changed the opinions of some of those who had been against unification. In 1871, Germany unified into a single country, minus Austria and Switzerland, with Prussia the dominant power. Prussia is considered the legal predecessor of the unified German Reich (1871–1945) and as such a direct ancestor of today's Federal Republic of Germany. The formal abolition of Prussia, carried out on 25 February 1947 by the fiat of the Allied Control Council, referred to an alleged tradition of the kingdom as a bearer of militarism and reaction, and made way for the current setup of the German states. However, the Free State of Prussia (Freistaat Preußen), which followed the abolition of the Kingdom of Prussia in the aftermath of World War I, was a major democratic force in Weimar Germany until the nationalist coup of 1932 known as the Preußenschlag. The Kingdom left a significant cultural legacy, today notably promoted by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz (SPK)), which has become one of the largest cultural organisations in the world.
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See also: Prussian Partition of Poland, Russian occupation of Eastern Prussia

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• Vereinsthaler (1821-1873)
• Mark

Thaler

288 Pfennige = 24 Groschen = 1 Thaler = ³⁄₁₇ Pistoles • 360 Pfennige = 30 Silbergroschen = 1 Thaler

1 Duit - Friedrich II
1749-1750
Copper • ⌀ 20 mm
KM# 45, N# 100518

1 Duit - Friedrich II
1752-1753
Copper • 1.5 g • ⌀ 21 mm
KM# 53, N# 38078

1 Pfennig - Friedrich I
1703
Billon (.125 silver) • 0.3 g • ⌀ 13 mm
KM# 29, Schön DM# 3, Schr# 313, N# 127867

1 Pfennig - Friedrich I
1703
Billon (.125 silver) • 0.3 g • ⌀ 13 mm
KM# 30, Schön DM# 3, Schr# 314-315, N# 127868

1 Pfennig - Friedrich I
1705
Billon (.0625 silver) • 0.59 g • ⌀ 12 mm
KM# 52, N# 310328

1 Pfennig - Friedrich Wilhelm I
1735-1736
Billon • 0.5 g • ⌀ 13.5 mm
KM# 217, Schön DM# 81, Schr# 419-422, Neum# 25, N# 127804

1 Guter Pfennig - Friedrich II
1741-1743
Billon • 0.54 g • ⌀ 14 mm
KM# 227, N# 89689

1 Pfennig - Friedrich II
1751-1755
Copper • 2.55 g • ⌀ 21 mm
KM# 262, Olding FR# 157, 176, Schr# 911-916, Schön DM# 102, Neum# 245, N# 34547

1 Pfennig - Friedrich II
1768-1770
Billon • 0.6 g • ⌀ 14 mm
KM# 319, Olding FR# 153, Schr# 883-886, Schön DM# 136, N# 127805

1 Pfennig - Friedrich II
1771-1786
Billon (.094 silver) • 0.6 g • ⌀ 14 mm
KM# 326, Olding FR# 154, Schr# 887-903, Neum# 514, Schön DM# 149, N# 25250

1 Pfennig - Friedrich Wilhelm II
1787-1797
Billon (.052 silver) • 0.63 g • ⌀ 14.3 mm
KM# 350, Olding FR# 14, Schön DM# B158, Schr# 96-106, Neum# 9, N# 43811

1 Pfennig - Friedrich Wilhelm II
1788-1789
Copper • 3.25 g • ⌀ 21 mm
KM# 353, Schön DM# A158, Olding FR# 15, Schr# 107-108, J# 1, N# 40408

1 Pfennig - Friedrich Wilhelm II
1790-1797
Copper • 2.45 g • ⌀ 21 mm
KM# 353a, Schön DM# A158, Olding FR# 15, Schr# 109-116, J# 1, N# 98639

1 Pfennig - Friedrich Wilhelm II
1792-1796
Billon • 0.20 g • ⌀ 11.8 mm
KM# 5, Jäg 5 Bay# 201, Olding FR# 39, Wilm# 1152, N# 294114

1 Pfennig - Friedrich Wilhelm II
1796-1797
Billon (.111 silver) • 0.26 g • ⌀ 9 mm
KM# 12, N# 183124

1 Pfennig - Friedrich Wilhelm III
1799-1803
Billon (.111 silver) • 0.26 g • ⌀ 14.5 mm
KM# 17, J# 201, N# 161323

1 Pfennig - Friedrich Wilhelm Ⅲ
1799-1806
Copper • 2.45 g • ⌀ 20 mm
KM# 372, Olding FR# 132, N# 130382

1 Pfennig - Friedrich Wilhelm III
1799-1806
Billon (.052 silver) • 0.63 g • ⌀ 15 mm
KM# 373, N# 42974

1 Pfennig - Friedrich Wilhelm III (Gold Pattern)
1804
Pattern
Gold (.986) • 0.91 g
Schlum# 654.1, N# 271081

½ Kreuzer - Friedrich Wilhelm III
1806
Copper • ⌀ 21 mm
KM# 1062, N# 60085

1 Pfennig - Friedrich Wilhelm III
1810-1816
Copper • 1.62 g • ⌀ 19.09 mm
KM# 390, AKS# 40, Schön# 1, Olding FR# 133, N# 68014

¼ Stuber - Friedrich II
1753-1755
Copper • 2.1 g • ⌀ 23 mm
KM# 55, N# 38407

2 Pfennige - Friedrich Wilhelm III
1810-1816
Copper • 3.24 g • ⌀ 21.8 mm
KM# 391, AKS# 38, Olding FR# 131, Schr# 247-249, Neum# 22, N# 76653

½ Groschen - Friedrich Wilhelm III
1811
Copper • 2.6 g • ⌀ 21 mm
KM# A393, N# 85416

1 Denar - Friedrich II
1746-1747
Billon • 1.15 g • ⌀ 17 mm
KM# 927, Olding FR# 330, Kluge FrII# 317, Schön DM# 51, N# 55661

2 Pfennig - Friedrich I
1703
Billon (.125 silver) • 0.44 g • ⌀ 13 mm
KM# 31, N# 310322

2 Pfennig - Friedrich I
1705-1706
Billon (.125 silver) • 0.68 g • ⌀ 13 mm
KM# 53, N# 310327

½ Kreuzer - Friedrich Wilhelm II (Gold pattern strike)
1788
Pattern
Gold (.900) • 5.59 g • ⌀ 21.7 mm
N# 313392

½ Kreuzer - Friedrich Wilhelm II
1788-1797
Copper • 3.8 g • ⌀ 22.6 mm
KM# 1053, Schön DM# 80, Olding FR# 20, Neum# 31, Schr# 160-165, N# 139444

1 Kreuzer - Friedrich Wilhelm II
1792-1797
Billon (.163 silver) • 0.76 g • ⌀ 16.5 mm
KM# 6, Olding FR# 38, 42, Neum# 15, 16, J# 203a, 203b, N# 39639

1 Kreuzer - Friedrich Wilhelm III
1798-1800
Billon (.163 silver) • 0.76 g • ⌀ 16.3 mm
KM# 14, Schön DM# 156, AKS# 146, Olding FR# 162, J# 203b, N# 24988

3 Pfennig - Friedrich I
1703-1705
Billon (.125 silver) • 0.59 g • ⌀ 16 mm
KM# 33, Schön DM# 5, Schr# 290-300, N# 124582

3 Pfennig - Friedrich I
1703-1706
Billon (.125 silver) • 0.69 g • ⌀ 16 mm
KM# 34, Schön DM# 5, Schr# 301-305, N# 127871

3 Pfennig - Friedrich II
1742
Billon (.187 silver) • 0.83 g • ⌀ 16 mm
KM# 236, Schön DM# 88, Olding FR# 149, KM# 856-858, N# 128158

1 Kreuzer - Friedrich II
1745-1747
Billon
KM# 912, N# 59513

3 Pfennig - Friedrich II
1761-1762
Copper • 4 g • ⌀ 24 mm
KM# 290, Olding FR# 347, Schön DM# 103, Schr# 1747, N# 106171

3 Pfennig - Friedrich II
1764-1770
Billon (.173 silver) • 0.78 g • ⌀ 15 mm
KM# 293, Schön DM# 137, Olding FR# 150, 174, Schr# 859-863, 877-878, N# 128161

3 Gute Pfennig - Friedrich II
1772-1786
Billon (.125 silver) • 0.81 g • ⌀ 15.9 mm
KM# 328, Schön DM# A149, Olding FR# 151, Schr# 864-876, Neum# 513, N# 102505

3 Pfennige - Friedrich Wilhelm II
1787-1797
Billon (.125 silver) • 0.72 g • ⌀ 16 mm
KM# 351, N# 73715

3 Pfennige - Friedrich Wilhelm I
1735
Billon (.187 silver) • 0.83 g • ⌀ 15.85 mm
KM# 218, Schön DM# 82, Schr# 413-418, Neum# 24, N# 128156

1 Gröschel - Friedrich II
1752-1757
Billon • 0.5 g • ⌀ 15 mm
KM# 972, Olding FR# 325, Neum# 270, Schön DM# 61, Schr# 1614-1619, N# 163265

3 Pfennig - Friedrich II
1752-1761
Copper • 7.5 g • ⌀ 26.5 mm
KM# 267, Olding FR# 155, 175, 347a, Neum# 244, 319, Schr# 904-907, 909-910, 1746-1747, N# 65876

1 Gröschel - Friedrich II (Gold Pattern)
1756
Pattern
Gold • 1.01 g
Kluge FrII# 329.7, Olding FR# 325, N# 264853

3 Pfennig - Friedrich II
1763
Copper • 3.6 g • ⌀ 24.9 mm
KM# A231, Olding FR# 350, Neum# 319, Schr# 1751, N# 201233

1 Gröschel - Friedrich II
1769
Billon • 0.69 g
KM# 1014, Olding FR# 326, Kluge FrII# 314.1, N# 315443

1 Gröschel - Friedrich II
1769-1770
Billon • 0.61 g
KM# 1014a, Olding FR# 327, Kluge FrII# 314.2, N# 315444

1 Gröschel - Friedrich II
1771-1786
Billon • 0.49 g • ⌀ 14.5 mm
KM# 1014b, Olding FR# 328, N# 196982

1 Gröschel - Friedrich Wilhelm II
1787-1797
Billon • 0.45 g • ⌀ 15 mm
KM# 1050, N# 125286

3 Pfennige - Friedrich Wilhelm III
1799-1804
Billon • 0.72 g • ⌀ 16 mm
KM# 374, J# 3a, Schr# 86, N# 240642

3 Pfennige - Fredrick III
1804-1806
Billon • 0.72 g • ⌀ 16 mm
KM# 384, N# 308957