One Thaler

newbiecollector

Poor coin is in bad shape but it makes me think of the journey it has been on.

Preussen

Cool piece of Prussian history; Friedrich Wilhelm II, reigned 1786-1797 (Nephew of Frederick the Great) . -Preussen

newbiecollector

Thanks. Shame it is such a bad example of such a great series. Regardless of that I love this coin. It looks like maybe 1793 to me.

worldcoinguy

That is a great design. Nice old hunk of silver!

Preussen

<< <i>Thanks. Shame it is such a bad example of such a great series. Regardless of that I love this coin. It looks like maybe 1793 to me. >>

I think it has character. Looks like 1793 to me, too . -Preussen

Preussen

Here are some quick pics of other examples from the reign of Friedrich Wilhelm II. -Preussen

lordmarcovan

Thalers are tasty in any grade.

newbiecollector

I agree Rob...............mine I think had just been used a bit hard.......but I sure like it

harasha

And a similar one from Fredrick Wilhelm III:

Preussen

Did someone mention Friedrich Wilhelm III? -Preussen

harasha

Much nicer than mine. Actually, I was concerned about what I perceived to be significant differences. In fact, your thaler resembles the photo in my Kraus.
However, I checked the Ritter website. The 1802 thaler pictured there closely resembles mine, except that the "8" on my thaler is more to the left than on the Ritter thaler.

Preussen

I've seen quite a few minor differences in the earlier Thalers. Here is my 1802. -Preussen

Preussen

Here's another of my favorites from Friedrich Wilhelm III. -Preussen



Very hard coin for me to photograph...here's another shot. Actual coin is somewhere between the two images.

3Mark

I think the original is a 1793 and I really like yours Steve3Mark