Prussia 1719-HFH 1/16 thaler

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Künker sale 353, lot 3317

This specimen was lot 3317 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €400 (about US$557 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich Wilhelm I. der Soldatenkönig, 1713-1740. 1/16 Taler 1719, HFH, Berlin. Prägung für das Herzogtum Geldern. Mit Signatur H : F : H auf der Vorderseite. Münzmeister Heinrich Friedrich Halter. R Fast sehr schön. Erworben am 1.9.1973. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick William I, the Soldier King, 1713-40, one sixteenth thaler of 1719, Berlin mint. Struck for the duchy of Gelderland, with initials "H : F : H" on the obverse. Rare, very fine.)"

This rare one year type was accompnied by a 1/8 thaler, a quarter thaler and a half thaler. The series was struck for Prussian Gelderland, a small province on the border with the Netherlands.

Recorded mintage: unknown but few.

Specification: 0.563 fine silver, this specimen 2,46 g.

Catalog reference: KM 201 (listed under Prussian Gelderland), v. Schr. 554; Olding 283.

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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