Prussia 1706-BH mariengroschen

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Künker sale 353, lot 3225
Minden in 1789, between Ravensberg and Hannover

This specimen was lot 3225 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €600 (about US$835 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich (III.) I. 1701-1713. Mariengroschen 1706, BH, Minden. Prägung für das Fürstentum Minden. Mit zusätzlicher Wertangabe auf der Vorderseite. Münzmeister Bastian Hille. RR Sehr schön. Erworben am 29.3.1993 von Manfred Olding, Osnabrück. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick I, 1701-13, mariengroschen of 1706, Minden mint, struck for the principality of Minden. very 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: 208,800 for 1705-06.

Specification: 1.43 g, 0.312 fine silver, 17 mm diameter, this specimen 1,29 g.

Catalog reference: KM 65, v. Schr. 381 var; Olding 74.

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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