Neuchatel 1793 28 kreuzer

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Künker sale 353, lot 3934

This specimen was lot 3934 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €1,400 (about US$1,948 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich Wilhelm II. 1786-1797. 28 Kreuzer 1793, Neuenburg (Neuchâtel). Prägung für das Fürstentum Neuenburg. Äußerst selten in dieser Erhaltung. Prachtexemplar. Fast Stempelglanz. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick William II, 1786-97, 28 kreuzer of 1793, Neuchatel mint, struck for the principality of Neuchatel. Very rare in this quality, choice example, about uncirculated.)"

This type, like most issues from this small part of Switzerland, is rare. It was also struck in 1796. Twenty-eight kreuzer = seven batzen.

Recorded mintage: 7,887 including 1796.

Specification: silver or billon, this specimen 5,51 g.

Catalog reference: KM 50, HMZ 2-709 a; J. 228; Olding 48.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • 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.
  • [1]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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