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Prussia (Germany) – Silver .900 1 Vereinsthaler 1860, Frederick William IV – ”Mining Thaler”, weight: 18.43 g, diameter: 34 mm – mintage of 297,577 pieces only - Special issue commemorating the Mansfeld Mining District - Prussia (Germany) – Silver .900 1 Vereinsthaler 1860, Frederick William IV – ”Mining Thaler”, weight: 18.43 g, diameter: 34 mm – mintage of 297,577 pieces only - Special issue commemorating the Mansfeld Mining District 1 Vereinsthaler 1860 – ”Mining Thaler” Year: 1860 Country: Kingdom of Prussia (Germany) Denomination: 1 Vereinsthaler Ruler: Frederick William IV (Friedrich Wilhelm IV) Theme: Mansfeld Mining Industry Metal: Silver .900 Catalog Weight: 18.43 g Diameter: 34 mm Mintage: 297,577 pieces Details: Special circulation coin issued between 1857 and 1860 to commemorate the Mansfeld Mining District (Mansfelder Bergbau), one of the most important copper mining regions in 19th-century Prussia. The coin was struck to the Vereinsthaler standard, the official silver coinage of the German Monetary Union. Obverse: Bust of Frederick William IV facing right, surrounded by the inscription FRIEDR. WILHELM IV KOENIG V. PREUSSEN (”Frederick William IV, King of Prussia”), with the A mintmark (Berlin) below. Reverse: Central inscription SEGEN DES MANSFELDER BERGBAUES (”Blessing of the Mansfeld Mining Industry”), together with the denomination EIN THALER XXX EIN PFUND FEIN and the date 1860. Condition: VF