Prussia 1703-HFH 2 pfennig

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Künker sale 353, lot 3206

This specimen was lot 3206 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €120 (about US$167 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich (III.) I. 1701-1713. 2 Pfennig 1703, HFH, Magdeburg. Münzmeister Heinrich Friedrich Halter. Fast sehr schön. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick I, 1701-13, two pfennig of 1703, Magdeburg mint. about very fine.)"

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

Recorded mintage: 1,590,000 including KM 31 (struck at Berlin).

Specification: 0.44 g, 0.125 fine silver, 14 mm diameter, this specimen 0.42 g.

Catalog reference: KM 32, v. Schr. 312; Olding 58.

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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