Prussia 1703-CS 4 pfennig

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Künker sale 353, lot 3196

This specimen was lot 3196 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €240 (about US$334 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich (III.) I. 1701-1713. 4 Pfennig 1703, CS, Berlin. Münzmeister Christoph Stricker. Sehr schön. Exemplar der Auktion Westfälische Auktionsgesellschaft 20, Dortmund 2002, Nr. 326. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick I, 1701-13, four pfennig of 1703, Berlin mint. very fine.)"

This type was struck at Berlin in 1703 along with one, two, three and six pfennig.

Recorded mintage: 2,419,200 including KM 36 and KM 37 (both struck at Magdeburg).

Specification: 0.93 g, 0.125 fine silver, 16 mm diameter, this specimen 0.80 g.

Catalog reference: KM 35, v. Schr. 266; Olding 50.

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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