Prussia 1706-BH 2 mariengroschen

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Künker sale 353, lot 3223
Minden in 1789, between Ravensberg and Hannover

This specimen was lot 3223 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €1,100 (about US$1,531 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich (III.) I. 1701-1713. 2 Mariengroschen 1706, BH, Minden. Prägung für das Fürstentum Minden. Münzmeister Bastian Hille. Von großer Seltenheit. Sehr schön. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 16, Osnabrück 1990, Nr. 1329. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick I, 1701-13, double mariengroschen of 1706, Minden mint, struck for the principality of Minden. Extremely rare, very fine.)"

This type was struck at Minden 1706 only. 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: 140,400.

Specification: 2.28 g, 0.437 fine silver, 21 mm diameter, this specimen 2,20 g.

Catalog reference: KM 66, v. Schr. 376; Olding 72.

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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