Prussia 1706-BH 2 pfennig

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Künker sale 353, lot 3213
Minden in 1789, between Ravensberg and Hannover

This specimen was lot 3213 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. 2 Pfennig 1706, BH, Minden. Münzmeister Bastian Hille. Von großer Seltenheit. Sehr schön. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick I, 1701-13, two pfennig of 1706, Minden mint. Extremely rare, very fine.)"

This type was struck at Minden 1705-06. It is now rare despite the substantial mintage, probably because no one made the slightest effort to save it. 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: 328,320 for 1705-06.

Specification: 0.68 g, 0.125 fine silver, 13 mm diameter, this specimen 0.53 g.

Catalog reference: KM 53, v. Schr. 394; Olding 63.

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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