Neuchatel 1713 1/4 thaler

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Heritage sale 410, lot 14980
photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries
Künker sale 353, lot 3229

The first specimen was lot 14980 in Heritage sale 410 (Long Beach, June 2006), where it sold for $402.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "Neuchatel. 1/4 Taler 1713, toned VF with some tiny flecks of old lacquer here and there. Friedrich I of Brandenburg bust right/crowned arms. Scarce." The second specimen was lot 3229 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €220 (about US$306 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[2] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich (III.) I. 1701-1713. 1/4 Reichstaler 1713, IP, Neuenburg (Neuchâtel). Prägung für das Fürstentum Neuenburg. Münzmeister Jean Patry. Leichte Prägeschwäche, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick I, 1701-13, quarter thaler of 1713, struck for the principality of Neuchatel. Slightly weakly struck, very fine to extremely fine.)"

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, the second specimen 6,83 g.

Catalog reference: KM 38, D./T. 984 b; Olding 79.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [1]Tucker, Warren, and Scott Cordry, Heritage Signature Auction 410: World Coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2006.
  • Richter, Jürg, and Ruedi Kunzmann, Neuer HMZ-Katalog, Band 2: Die Münzen der Schweiz und Liechtensteins 15//16. Jahrhundert bis Gegenwart, Regenstauf, Germany: H. Gietl Verlag GmbH, 2006.
  • [2]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 353: Die Sammlung Axel Tesmer, Teil 2: Prägungen der Könige von Preussen von der Kroning 1701 bis zum Ende der Monarchie. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.

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