Groschen with countersignature (crown in shield), Schilling, Maciej, R3 (rarity), Albrecht Hohenzollern (Prince of Prussia; 1490–1568) — iconography: eagles, Hohenzollern coat of arms, male busts in armour. Obverse: Prussian eagle, on its chest the crowned letter S; in the rim between the pearl borders an inscription beginning with a trefoil (mirror-image N) ALBER*D*G*MAR*BRAN*DVX*PRVSS. Reverse: Male bust in armour in profile to the right; short hair, long beard with sideburns, separating the inner border; in the rim between the pearl borders an inscription beginning with the Hohenzollern shield *IVSTVS*EX*FIDE*VIVIT*I544*. On the back a countersignature (crown in the shield). 1544, Ducal Prussia (1525–1701), Königsberg. Coin: diameter 24.4 mm, weight 1.89 g, axis 225°.
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Groschen with countersignature (crown in shield), Schilling, Maciej, R3 (rarity), Albrecht Hohenzollern (Prince of Prussia; 1490–1568) — iconography: eagles, Hohenzollern coat of arms, male busts in armour. Obverse: Prussian eagle, on its chest the crowned letter S; in the rim between the pearl borders an inscription beginning with a trefoil (mirror-image N) ALBER*D*G*MAR*BRAN*DVX*PRVSS. Reverse: Male bust in armour in profile to the right; short hair, long beard with sideburns, separating the inner border; in the rim between the pearl borders an inscription beginning with the Hohenzollern shield *IVSTVS*EX*FIDE*VIVIT*I544*. On the back a countersignature (crown in the shield). 1544, Ducal Prussia (1525–1701), Königsberg. Coin: diameter 24.4 mm, weight 1.89 g, axis 225°.

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Groschen countersignature crown shield Schilling Maciej R3 rarity Albrecht Hohenzollern Prince Prussia 1490–1568 iconography eagles Hohenzollern coat arms male busts armour Obverse Prussian eagle chest crowned letter S rim pearl borders inscription trefoil mirror-image N Alber*D*G*Mar*Bran*Dvx*Prvss Reverse Male bust profile right short hair long beard sideburns separating inner border Hohenzollern *Ivstvs*Ex*Fide*Vivit*I544* back 1544 Ducal Prussia 1525–1701 Königsberg Coin diameter 24.4 mm weight 1.89 g axis 225° round metallic coin worn surface showing raised profile bearded man facing man short textured hair detailed beard decorative collar garment visible near neck coin edge rimmed patterned border contains raised decorative elements portrait metal shades silver gray areas darker tarnish small spots greenish corrosion background coin plain white.

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