Prussia 1703-HFH pfennig
This specimen was lot 3207 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €320 (about US$445 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich (III.) I. 1701-1713. Einseitiger Pfennig 1703, HFH, Magdeburg. Münzmeister Heinrich Friedrich Halter. R Kl. Schrötlingsfehler am Rand, sehr schön +. Erworben am 1.5.1986. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick I, 1701-13, uniface pfennig of 1703, Magdeburg mint. Rare, edge defects, very fine or better.)"
This type was struck at Magdeburg in 1703 along with two, three, four and six pfennig.
Recorded mintage: 423,168 including KM 29 (struck at Berlin).
Specification: 0.22 g, 0.125 fine silver, 12-13 mm diameter, this specimen 0.41 g.
Catalog reference: KM 30, v. Schr. 314; Olding 59.
- 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.
Link to:
- Prussia 1702-CG schilling Königsberg mint
- Prussia 1702-CG 18 groscher Königsberg mint
- 1702-HFH 1/12 thaler, Magdeburg mint
- 1702-HFH ⅓ thaler, Magdeburg mint
- 1702-CS ⅔ thaler
- 1702-HFH ⅔ thaler, Magdeburg mint
- 1702-CS thaler
- 1703-CS pfennig
- 1703-CS 2 pfennig
- 1703-HFH 2 pfennig, Magdeburg mint
- 1703-CS 3 pfennig
- 1703-CS 4 pfennig
- 1703-HFH 6 pfennig, Magdeburg mint
- Prussia 1703-CG 2 groscher Königsberg mint
- 1703-CS 1/12 thaler
- 1703-HFH ⅔ thaler, draped bust, Magdeburg mint
- 1703-CS thaler, armored bust
- 1703-CS thaler, bare bust
- 1704-CS ⅔ thaler
- 1704-CS thaler, monogram reverse
- 1704-CS thaler, monogram in order chain
- Coins and currency dated 1703