Prussia 1717-CG 6 groscher

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Künker sale 353, lot 3305

This specimen was lot 3305 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €120 (about US$167 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich Wilhelm I. der Soldatenkönig, 1713-1740. 6-Gröscher 1717, CG, Königsberg. Prägung für das Herzogtum Preußen. Mit Signatur M im Armabschnitt. Münzmeister Caspar Geelhaar. Stempelschneider Gottfried Wilhelm Metelles. Sehr schön. Erworben am 12.1.2002 von Manfred Olding, Osnabrück. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick William I, the Soldier King, 1713-40, six groscher of 1717, Königsberg mint, struck for the duchy of Prussia, with mintmaster's initial "M". Very fine.)"

This type, along with a three groscher, eighteen groscher and a schilling, was struck in 1714-18 for use in Prussia and neighboring Poland.

Recorded mintage: 592,944 for 1714-18.

Specification: 3.49 g, 0.375 fine silver, 24 mm diameter, this specimen 3,60 g.

Catalog reference: KM 122, v. Schr. 453; Olding 273 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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