Prussia 1736-EGN guter pfennig
This specimen was lot 3298 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €80 (about US$111 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich Wilhelm I. der Soldatenkönig, 1713-1740. 1 Guter Pfennig 1736, EGN, Berlin. Münzmeister Ernst Georg Neubauer. Sehr schön +. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick William I, the Soldier King, 1713-40, one good pfennig of 1736, Berlin mint. Very fine or better.)"
The "guter" in the name of the coin is supposed to indicate "good silver" but this minor is just as debased as the rest of Prussian coinage in this period. This design was also struck in 1733.
Recorded mintage: 2,877,696 for 1733 and 1736.
Specification: 0.54 g, 0.93 fine silver, 13 mm diameter, this specimen 0.47 g.
Catalog reference: KM 217, v. Schr. 421; Olding 270.
- 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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