Prussia 1713-HFH 2/3 thaler KM-107

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Künker sale 353, lot 3279

This specimen was lot 3279 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €2,000 (about US$2,784 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich Wilhelm I. der Soldatenkönig, 1713-1740. 2/3 Taler 1713, HFH, Magdeburg. Elffeldiges Wappen. Der Kopf teilt die Vorderseitenumschrift und kleine Krone mit kleinem Wappenschild auf der Rückseite. Münzmeister Heinrich Friedrich Halter. Winz. Schrötlingsfehler, fast vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Möller 9, Kassel 1992, Nr. 145. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick William I, the Soldier King, 1713-40, two-thirds thaler of 1713, Magdeburg mint, with eleven-fold arms. The head interrupts the legend on the front and a small crown with a small coat of arms on the reverse. Minor field marks, about extremely fine.)"

This type was struck 1713-15 at Magdeburg. Gulden were also struck in 1713 for the old king, Friedrich I.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 17.32 g, 0.750 fine silver, 36 mm diameter, this specimen 17,39 g.

Catalog reference: KM-107, Dav-302; v. Schr. 257; Olding 253 a.

Source:

  • Davenport, John S., Silver Gulden, 1559-1763, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1982.
  • 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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