Prussia 1702-CG 18 groscher

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Künker sale 353, lot 3215

This specimen was lot 3215 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €340 (about US$473 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich (III.) I. 1701-1713. 18-Gröscher 1702, CG, Königsberg. Prägung für das Herzogtum Preußen. Münzmeister Caspar Geelhaar. RR Schön-sehr schön. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick I, 1701-13, 18 groscher of 1702, Konigsberg mint, struck for the duchy of Prussia. Rare, fine to very fine.)"

This type was struck in 1702 for use in East Prussia and likely the neighboring parts of Poland.

Recorded mintage: 150,000.

Specification: 6.32 g, 0.640 fine silver, 27 mm diameter, this specimen 5,91 g.

Catalog reference: KM 22, v. Schr. 316; Olding 65.

Source:

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