Prussia 1721-L 1/2 thaler KM-196
This specimen was lot 3731 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €750 (about US$982 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich Wilhelm I. der Soldatenkönig, 1713-1740. 1/2 Reichstaler 1721, Berlin, auf die Huldigung in Stettin. Kl. Schrötlingsfehler, kl. Randfehler, sehr schön-vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 364, Frankfurt/Main 2000, Nr. 1424. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick William, 1713-40, half thaler of 1721, Berlin mint, on the allegiance of Stettin. Some hairlines and rim bumps, very fine to extremely fine.)"
Few half thalers were issued during the reign of Friedrich Wilhelm and the survivors are rare. This was issued in two varieties, with the reverse inscription in straight lines (KM 195) or in curved lines (shown here). The next half thaler was issued in 1750 by Frederick the Great.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 12,96 g.
Catalog reference: KM 196, Slg. Henckel 3995; v. Schr. S. 113 Anm.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
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