Prussia 1706-BH 6 gute pfennig

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Künker sale 353, lot 3210
Minden in 1789, between Ravensberg and Hannover

This specimen was lot 3210 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €480 (about US$668 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich (III.) I. 1701-1713. 6 Gute Pfennig 1706, BH, Minden. Mit großem Monogramm. Münzmeister Bastian Hille. Äußerst selten. Rauher Schrötling, sehr schön-vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Westfälische Auktionsgesellschaft 20, Dortmund 2002, Nr. 364. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick I, 1701-13, six good pfennig of 1706, Minden mint, with large monogram. Extremely rare, very fine to extremely fine.)"

This type was struck at Minden 1705-06. The word "gute" in the denomination was supposed to indicate good silver but this coin was only 0.187 fine. 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: 1.59 g, 0.1875 fine silver, 16 mm diameter, this specimen 1,57 g.

Catalog reference: KM 55, v. Schr. 390; Olding 62.

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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