Prussia 1722-IGN 2/3 thaler
This specimen was lot 3732 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €650 (about US$851 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich Wilhelm I. der Soldatenkönig, 1713-1740. 2/3 Taler 1722, IGN, Berlin. Kl. Randfehler, kl. Schrötlingsfehler, sehr schön. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick William, 1713-40, two-thirds thaler of 1722, Berlin mint. Some rim nicks, hairlines, very fine.)"
Prussia was one of the leaders in issuing gulden (⅓ thaler) in the 1670's and 1680's. Friedrich Wilhelm issued gulden fairly steadily during his reign but the mintages must have been small, as they are all rare. Many 2/3 thalers or gulden were struck for Frederick William, including KM 104 (1713), KM 105 (1713), KM 106 (1713), KM 107 (1713-15), KM 128 (1714), KM 129 (1714-15), KM 130 (1714), KM 145 (1715), KM 146 (1715), KM 147 (1715-16), KM 153 (1716-17), KM 154 (1716-18), KM 160 (1717-18), KM 160a (1717), KM 170 (1718-19), KM 178 (1719-24, shown here) and KM 179 (1719). After 1724, no more were minted until 1741.
Recorded mintage: 22,282.
Specification: 17.32 g, 0.750 fine silver, 36 mm diameter, this specimen 17.42 g.
Catalog reference: KM 178, Dav-301; v. Schr. 253.
- 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 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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