Prussia 1704-CS thaler Dav-2563

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Künker sale 353, lot 3164

This specimen was lot 3164 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €5,000 (about US$6,959 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich (III.) I. 1701-1713. Reichstaler 1704, CS, Berlin. Die Kette auf der Rückseite mit neun Schilden (mit den Buchstaben F und R) und acht Adlern. Münzmeister Christoph Stricker. Stempelschneider Christian Friedrich Lüders. RR Herrliche Patina, sehr schön +. Exemplar der Auktion Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 387, Frankfurt/Main 2006, Nr. 2949. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick I, 1701-13, thaler of 1704, Berlin mint. The order chain on the reverse has nine shields (with the letters F and R) and eight eagles . Very rare, choice patina, very fine or better.)"

This type was struck 1704-05. It is rare, like most Prussian thalers before Frederick the Great (r. 1740-86).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 28,86 g.

Catalog reference: KM 51, Dav-2563; v. Schr. 57; Olding 8 a.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1965.
  • [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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