Prussia 1707-HFH 2/3 thaler

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Künker sale 353, lot 3185

This specimen was lot 3185 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €550 (about US$766 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich (III.) I. 1701-1713. 2/3 Taler 1707, HFH, Magdeburg. Mit 1 1/2 Reihen Nägeln auf dem Harnisch. Münzmeister Heinrich Friedrich Halter. R Hübsche Patina, leichte Prägeschwäche, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick I, 1701-13, two-thirds thaler of 1707, Magdeburg mint, with 1½ rows of nails on the armor. Rare, nice patina, slightly weakly struck, very fine to extremely fine.)"

This type was struck at Magdeburg 1706-13. Despite the generally small issue, it is much more available than the contemporary thalers.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 17.32 g, 0.750 fine silver, this specimen 17,21 g.

Catalog reference: KM 67, Dav-293; v. Schr. 127 b; Olding 38 b.

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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