Prussia 1705-BH 4 mariengroschen

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Künker sale 353, lot 3222

This specimen was lot 3222 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €380 (about US$529 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich (III.) I. 1701-1713. 4 Mariengroschen 1705, BH, Minden. Prägung für das Fürstentum Minden. Münzmeister Bastian Hille. RR Sehr schön. Exemplar der Auktion Möller 9, Kassel 1992, Nr. 1434. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick I, 1701-13, four mariengroschen of 1705, Minden mint, struck for the principality of Minden. Very rare, very fine.)"

This type was struck at Minden 1705-06. One thaler was 36 mariengroschen, a denomination better known in neighboring Hannover. The Minden mint struck one, two and four mariengroschen. The Minden mint served the western holdings of the Hohenzollerns (Cleve, Mark, Gelderland, Lingen and Ravensberg), which mint was moved to Cleve in a later reign.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 4.21 g, 0.500 fine silver, 24 mm diameter, this specimen 4,15 g.

Catalog reference: KM 57, v. Schr. 374; Olding 71.

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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