Prussia 1716-HFH 2/3 thaler KM-154

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Künker sale 353, lot 3282

This specimen was lot 3282 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €1,300 (about US$1,809 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich Wilhelm I. der Soldatenkönig, 1713-1740. 2/3 Taler 1716, HFH, Magdeburg. Zwölffeldiges Wappen. Das Brustbild mit Lorbeerkranz, Löwenkopfschulter und der Armharnisch nach vorn. Münzmeister Heinrich Friedrich Halter. RR Feine Patina, sehr schön. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick William I, the Soldier King, 1713-40, two-thirds thaler of 1716, Magdeburg mint, with twelve-fold arms, laureate bust and a lion's head on the king's shoulder. Very rare, fine patina, very fine.)"

Gulden were struck this year with 11-fold arms on the reverse (KM 147) or 12-fold arms (KM 154, shown here). This reverse was used 1716-18.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 17.32 g, 0.750 fine silver, 36-37 mm diameter, this specimen 17,05 g.

Catalog reference: KM 154, Dav-304; v. Schr. 275; Olding 257.

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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