Prussia 1706-BH 1/12 thaler

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Künker sale 353, lot 3193
Minden in 1789, between Ravensberg and Hannover

This specimen was lot 3193 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €220 (about US$306 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich (III.) I. 1701-1713. 1/12 Taler 1706, BH, Minden. Münzmeister Bastian Hille. Sehr schön. Exemplar der Auktion Berliner Münz-Cabinet 10, Berlin 1979, Nr. 3047. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick I, 1701-13, one-twelfth thaler of 1706, Minden mint. Very fine.)"

This type was struck at Minden 1705-06. 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: 3.60 g, 0.437 fine silver, this specimen 3.48 g.

Catalog reference: KM 59, v. Schr. 216; Olding 47.

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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