GERMAN STATES, BRANDENBURG-ANSBACH Konventionstaler 1769, Schwabach. 27.9 g. Mintmaster Peter Anton Kolb. Struck to commemorate the union of the two principalities of Ansbach and Bayreuth. Obv.: conjoined busts of Margrave Christian Friedrich Karl Alexander and his predecessor Friedrich Christian of Bayreuth, both to right. Rev.: crowned shield bearing the united arms of Ansbach and Bayreuth, date 17–69 flanking, PROVIDENTIA DIVINA / REUNITA / MDCCLXIX in exergue (By divine providence reunited, 1769). A superb specimen. Rare, particularly in this state of preservation. Superb old toning. Dav. 1999, Ex. Collection Prof. H. Stricker, Künker 296, 25.05.2017, lot 2031, ticket enclosed Grade: EF/AU