Owner Comments:
Betts-446; Pax in Nummis-595; Olding-931; Henckel-1658. By J. L. Oexlein.
Diameter: 44mm
Weight: 21.76 g
Obverse: Germania standing facing, head right, holding scepter and grain ear; mountains and plowman in background; Reverse: View of the Hubertusburg Palace; above, Fama (Rumor) flying right, blowing in one trumpet and holding another. Numerous cleaning marks throughout, but no other real distractions and with little in the way of handling. Popular colonial America type.Sometimes referred to as 'World War Zero,' given its scale overall number of belligerent powers, the Seven Years' War began primarily with Austria's desire to recover Silesia from the Kingdom of Prussia. Since Great Britain had been aiming to increase her colonial possessions in the new world at the expense of France, the strife in the American theater began to merge with that in Europe, resulting in a legitimate global conflict, with every major European power taking the side of either Great Britain/Prussia or France/Austria. In addition to North America and Europe, skirmishes also played out in Central America, the western coast of Africa, India, and the Philippines. Ultimately, a peace was achieved through the Treaty of Paris, formally ending all conflicts save for the Silesian question; the Treaty of Hubertusburg, signed five days later, ended the issue between Prussia and Austria, formally ending the war.