Prussia 1719-HFH 1/8 thaler
This specimen was lot 3316 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €440 (about US$612 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich Wilhelm I. der Soldatenkönig, 1713-1740. 1/8 Reichstaler 1719, HFH, Berlin. Prägung für das Herzogtum Geldern. Münzmeister Heinrich Friedrich Halter. R Sehr schön. Erworben am 1.9.1973. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick William I, the Soldier King, 1713-40, one-eighth thaler of 1719, Berlin mint. Struck for the duchy of Gelderland. Rare, very fine.)"
This rare one year type was accompnied by a 1/16 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 5,44 g.
Catalog reference: KM 202 (listed under Prussian Gelderland), v. Schr. 552; Olding 282.
- 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.
Link to:
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