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PRUSSIA: Friedrich II, 1740-1786, AR mariengroschen, Dresden, 1758, AU

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PRUSSIA: Friedrich II, 1740-1786, AR mariengroschen, Dresden, 1758, AU
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PRUSSIA: Friedrich II, 1740-1786, AR mariengroschen, Dresden, 1758, KM-E284, Olding FR-366 a, Kluge-343.4, Seven Years' War issue, About Unc. In August 1756, Prussian troops occupied the capital of Saxony, whose rulers had fled to Warsaw.Dresden suffered several sieges in the years which followed, whole suburbs were burned down and in summer 1760 Prussian artillery also destroyed extensive areas of the city centre.Dresden recovered only very slowly from the after-effects of this period. It took 60 years before the population regained its pre-war numbers.