Prussia 1702-HFH 2/3 thaler
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This specimen was lot 3723 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €650 (about US$851 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich (III.) I. 1701-1713. 2/3 Taler 1702, HFH, Magdeburg. R Feine Patina, fast vorzüglich. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick I, 1701-13, two-thirds thaler of 1702, Magdeburg mint. Scarce, fine patina, about extremely fine.)"
Friedrich I was the first king of Prussia, being promoted in 1701 from elector of Brandenburg. This rare type was struck 1701-09.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 17.32 g, 0.750 fine silver, this specimen 17.44 g.
Catalog reference: KM 13, Dav-291; v. Schr. 117.
- Davenport, John S., Silver Gulden, 1559-1763, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1982.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
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