Prussia 1705-BH pfennig
This specimen was lot 3214 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €160 (about US$223 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich (III.) I. 1701-1713. Pfennig 1705, BH, Minden. Münzmeister Bastian Hille. RR Leichte Korrosionsspuren, sehr schön. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick I, 1701-13, pfennig of 1705, Minden mint. Very rare, light spots of corrosion, very fine.)"
This type was struck at Minden 1705 only. 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: 633,600.
Specification: 0.59 g, 0.062 fine silver, 12 mm diameter, this specimen 0.52 g.
Catalog reference: KM 52, v. Schr. 397; Olding 64.
- 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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