Friedrich d'or

The Friedrich d'or (French d'or " of gold " ) or Friedrichsdor, named after Frederick the Great, is a Prussian gold coin with a face value of 5 silver Prussian Reichstalern (gun) that was minted 1741-1855.

History

Models were the Spanish doubloon and the French Louis d'or. The predecessor was the William d'or. Frederick the Great (1740-1786) had the Friedrich d'or first shape in 1741. From 1747 twice and 1749 including half Friedrich d'or were minted. 1770 sank the fine weight of 6.05 g to 6.03 g

Frederick's successor, Frederick William II, Frederick William III. and Frederick William IV continued the coin until it was withdrawn in 1855.

Other states such as Saxony also named their gold coins by the first name of each regent: August d'or, Friedrich August d'or, Christian d'or, Max d'or. These gold coins were subject to in times of need - in addition to the silver coins - even a temporary deterioration in fineness.

Course

Since the Friedrich d'or was at the time of the silver standard circulation coin and trade coin, he had a changing rate on the silver Kurantgeld, which was read on the so-called exchange lists of stock exchanges. Mostly he was traded with a low premium or discount to the nominal value of 5 thalers. In Prussian sales contracts or promissory notes " Prussian Courant " or " Friedrich d'or " distinction was made exactly according to the method of payment.

In the period around 1780, for example, the Saxon August d'or had a price 116-120 penny Saxon Silberkurantgeldes, ie a maximum discount of up to 4 pennies. In the 19th century it was mostly a low premium.

Appearance

The Friedrich d'or is composed of 21 -karat gold. The fine weight is 6,032 g

On the front of the head, later depicted the bust of the king. On the back of an eagle can be seen on weapons. In the arm portion of the portrait on the Prussian Friedrich d' ors 1800-1814 is a small L, the signature of the Münzgraveus Daniel Friedrich Loos is.

In contrast to the large ( coarse ) Silver Kurantmünzen often missing on the various gold coins ( Friedrich d'or, Friedrich Wilhelm d'or or August d'or ) and also with the ducats a nominal value expressed in thalers, or even a fine weight specification in character, which has its origin probably in the low coin size. In addition, these gold coins were individually reweighed anyway due to their high purchasing power from the receiver to the coin scale with the corresponding Passiergewicht and examined for possible Münzverfälschung simultaneously.

All gold coins mentioned above are very rare today and achieve high collector prices.