Prussia 1717-HFH 2/3 thaler

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Künker sale 353, lot 3283

This specimen was lot 3283 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €1,800 (about US$2,505 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich Wilhelm I. der Soldatenkönig, 1713-1740. 2/3 Taler 1717, HFH, Magdeburg. Zwölffeldiges Wappen. Das Brustbild ohne Lorbeerkranz und mit 10 Nägeln am Harnisch. Münzmeister Heinrich Friedrich Halter. RR Feine Patina, sehr schön-vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Möller 9, Kassel 1992, Nr. 1465. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick William I, the Soldier King, 1713-40, two-thirds thaler of 1717, Magdeburg mint, twelve-fold arms. Bust without laurel wreath and ten rivets on the harness. Very rare, fine patina, very fine to extremely fine.)"

Gulden were struck at Magdeburg 1716-18 with 12-fold arms. The previous type (KM 147) had 11-fold arms and the succeeding type had 13-fold arms (KM 170).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 17.32 g, 0.750 fine silver, 36-37 mm diameter, this specimen 16,75 g.

Catalog reference: KM 154, Dav-304; v. Schr. 279; Olding 258 d.

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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