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Neuchatel 1791 4 Kreuzer

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 Posted 01/28/2011  03:17 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Bacchus2 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hi,

I have this coin from the Swiss Canton of Neuchatel

1791 4 Kreuzer KM49
Ob. SUP.NOVIC VAL F G BOR REX PR
Rev. SUUM CUIQUE

I wonder if anyone knows what the legends actually stand for.

At the time the area was under Prussian control so I assume the "REX PR" part refers to the King of Prussia (Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia 1786-1797) and the F possibly refers to Friedrich but I'm unsure of the other lettering.

Interestingly the SUUM CUIQUE on the reverse seems to be common to Prussian coins of the time

Thanks


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 Posted 01/28/2011  04:56 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Litotes to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Nice coin! I have always been partial to Neuchatel for their unusual denominations. Not that 4 is uncommon, but they also have 10½, 21, 28 and 56.

F G BOR REX PR SUP.NOVIC VAL reads "Frederic Guillaume Borussorum Rex (=King of Prussia) Prince Souverain de Neuchatel et de Valangine"

SUUM CUIQUE means " à chacun son bien, à chacun son dû". Translated this is "To each well, to each his due"
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That's perfect - thanks very much.

Best regards
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