1991 SILVER GERMANY PROOF INTERNMENT OF FREDERICK THE GREAT AT SANSSOUCI BOX

RAREHIGH RELIEF SILVER 1 OZ PROOF 999 FINECOMMEMORATIVE HONORINGTHE INTERNMENT OFFREDERICK II "THE GREAT"AT HIS PALACE OF SANSSOUCI205 YEARS AFTER HIS DEATHOBV: HIGH RELIEF UNIFORMED BUST OF FREDERICK THE GREAT LEFT WEARING COCKED HAT; LIFE DATES RIGHT.REV: AERIAL VIEW OF PALACE AND GARDENS OF SANSSOUCI, FINENESS UNDER IMAGE; GERMAN LEGEND, "HEIMKEHR NACH SANSSOUCI / 205. TODESTAG (RETURN TO SANSSOUCI / 205 DAY OF DEATH)"; DATE "12.AUGUST 1991" AT BOTTOM. FREDERICK II (1712 –1786) WAS KING OF PRUSSIA FROM 1740 UNTIL 1786, THE LONGEST REIGN OF ANY HOHENZOLLERN KING. HIS MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDED HIS REORGANIZATION OF PRUSSIAN ARMIES BUREAUCRACY AND CIVIL SERVICE, HIS PATRONAGE OF THE ARTS AND THE ENLIGHTENMENT IN PRUSSIA, AND HIS MILITARY VICTORIES, ESPECIALLY HIS FINAL SUCCESS AGAINST GREAT ODDS IN THE SEVEN YEARS' WAR. CONSIDERING HIMSELF "THE FIRST SERVANT OF THE STATE", FREDERICK WAS A PROPONENT OF ENLIGHTENED ABSOLUTISM. DURING HIS REIGN PRUSSIA HAD GREATLY INCREASED ITS TERRITORIES AND BECAME A LEADING MILITARY POWER IN EUROPE UNDER HIS RULE. HE BECAME KNOWN AS FREDERICK THE GREAT (FRIEDRICH DER GROSSE) AND WAS AFFECTIONATELY NICKNAMED DER ALTE FRITZ ("OLD FRITZ") BY THE PRUSSIAN AND LATER BY ALL GERMAN PEOPLE. SANSSOUCI IS THE SUMMER PALACE OF FREDERICK THE GREAT, BUILT FOR HIM IN POTSDAM, NEAR BERLIN, FROM 1745-1747. IT IS OFTEN CALLED THE GERMAN VERSAILLES, BUT IT IS IN THE MORE INTIMATE ROCOCO STYLE, AND FAR SMALLER THAN ITS FRENCH BAROQUE COUNTERPART. THE TOMB OF FREDERICK THE GREAT WAS A SUBJECT TO WHICH HE GAVE A GREAT DEAL OF THOUGHT. FREDERICK THE GREAT DIED ON AUGUST 17, 1786 IN AN ARMCHAIR OF HIS STUDY IN SANSSOUCI. HE WISHED TO BE BURIED IN A TOMB NEXT TO HIS SMALL VINYARD HOUSE, AND NEAR HIS FAVOURITE DOGS. HE WROTE, “I HAVE LIVED AS A PHILOSOPHER AND WISH TO BE BURIED AS SUCH, WITHOUT CIRCUMSTANCE, WITHOUT SOLEMN POMP, WITHOUT SPLENDOUR. I WANT TO BE NEITHER OPENED NOR EMBALMED. BURY ME IN SANSSOUCI AT THE LEVEL OF THE TERRACES IN A TOMB WHICH I HAVE HAD PREPARED FOR MYSELF... SHOULD I DIE IN TIME OF WAR OR WHILST ON A JOURNEY, I SHOULD BE BURIED IN THE FIRST CONVENIENT PLACE AND BROUGHT TO SANSSOUCI IN THE WINTER.” HIS NEPHEW FREDERICK WILLIAM II, WHO SUCCEDED HIM, DID NOT OBEY HIS UNCLE’S WISHES, AND HAD HIM BURIED IN THE POTSDAM GARRISON CHURCH ALONGSIDE HIS FATHER. AFTER THE REUNIFICATION OF GERMANY, THE FINAL WISH OF FREDERICK THE GREAT WAS FULFILLED. ON AUGUST 17, 1991, THE 205TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH, THE SARCOPHAGUS WITH THE MORTAL REMAINS OF THE KING WAS LAID OUT IN THE FORECOURT OF SANSSOUCI PALACE, ESCORTED BY AN ARMY GUARD OF HONOR. THE BURIAL TOOK PLACE THAT NIGHT IN THE TOMB FREDERICK HAD PLANNED FOR THE PURPOSE SINCE 1744, ON THE HIGHEST TERRACE OF VINEYARDS. "QUAND JE SERAI LÀ, JE SERAI SANS SOUCI (ONCE I AM THERE, I SHALL BE CAREFREE)” FREDERICK THE GREAT SAID IN 1744.CONTAINS 31.1 GRAMS OF 999 FINE SILVER (1 OZ ACTUAL SILVER WEIGHT)42 MM IN DIAMETERCOMES IN ORIGINAL CAPSULE AND BOX USA shipping is per item. All packages fully insured. Shipments over $200 value is signature required.You can arrange pickup from our Fort Lauderdale storefront locationOur business hours are Monday - Friday 10:00am-5:00pm ESTFlorida Sales Tax applicable to invoice totals under $500 on any NON USA minted itemsINTERNATIONAL SHIPPING & DELIVERY*Import taxes and duties are NOT included in the item price or shipping charges. We cannot declare any package as a "gift", ”sample”etc.*We do combine shipping on international auctions won.*We now ship solely via USPS Priority Mail International or Fedex International foryour additional tracking and security and ensure delivery to customs.FEEDBACK Feedback will automatically be sent upon initial feedback received. Feedback will get left within 48 hours of confirmed delivery eBay sales tax collection eBay will calculate and add the applicable sales tax at checkout. The buyer will pay both the cost of the item along with the sales tax. eBay will collect and remit the tax. Sellers are not able to opt out of selling items into the states listed above or opt out of eBay automatically collecting sales tax. Based on applicable tax laws, eBay will calculate, collect, and remitsales tax on behalf of sellers for items shipped to customers.