Prussia 1705-BH mariengroschen

From CoinVarieties
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Künker sale 353, lot 3224

This specimen was lot 3224 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €400 (about US$557 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich (III.) I. 1701-1713. Mariengroschen 1705, BH, Minden. Prägung für das Fürstentum Minden. Mit großem Monogramm. Münzmeister Bastian Hille. RR Fast sehr schön. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 18, Osnabrück 1990, Nr. 1329. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick I, 1701-13, mariengroschen of 1705, Minden mint, struck for the principality of Minden, with large monogram. Very rare, about 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: 208,800 for 1705-06.

Specification: 1.43 g, 0.312 fine silver, 17.5 mm diameter, this specimen 1,19 g.

Catalog reference: KM 56, v. Schr. 378 leicht var; Olding 73 b.

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.

Link to:

Retrieved from "https://coinvarieties.com/index.php?title=Prussia_1705-BH_mariengroschen&oldid=465847"