Prussia 1710-HFH 6 pfennig
This specimen was lot 3202 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €170 (about US$237 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich (III.) I. 1701-1713. 6 Pfennig 1710, HFH, Magdeburg. Mit kursivem Monogramm FR auf der Brust und die Münzmeistersignatur über den Krallen. Münzmeister Heinrich Friedrich Halter. Fast vorzüglich. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick I, 1701-13, six pfennig of 1710, Magdeburg mint, with cursive monogram on the breast. about extremely fine.)"
This type was struck at Magdeburg 1703-11. This coin was worth 1/72 of a gulden or 1/108 of a thaler. The reverse legend, "·6·/PFEN.BRAN/DENB·LAND/MUNTZ", means "6 pennies in Brandenburg land money." Land money was intended for local use and not for foreign trade and usually was debased.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.42 g, 0.125 fine silver, 18-19 mm diameter, this specimen 1,32 g.
Catalog reference: KM 39, v. Schr. 262; Olding 54 d.
- 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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