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Duchy of Prussia

A hereditary duchy established in 1525 by Albert, Duke of Prussia, following secularization of the Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights.

Kind: duchy
Region: Eastern Europe, Europe
Recorded period: 1525 – present

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3 groschen from Brandenburg of Duke Albrecht of Prussia, 1542

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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3 groschen from Brandenburg of Duke Albrecht of Prussia, 1542

1542

Silver coin. Obverse: bust of the duke facing right. Reverse: value indication and name of the duke in five lines. Below it the year. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-0147B; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diam…

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