Prussia 1739-EGN 1/12 thaler
This specimen was lot 3278 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €110 (about US$153 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich Wilhelm I. der Soldatenkönig, 1713-1740. 1/12 Taler 1739, EGN, Berlin. Der untere Querstrich des F kürzer. Münzmeister Ernst Georg Neubauer. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. Erworben am 19.3.1994. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick William I, the Soldier King, 1713-40, one-twelfth thaler of 1739, Berlin mint, with a short lower bar in the "F". Very fine to extremely fine.)"
This type was struck at Berlin 1734-40 and is considered common.
Recorded mintage: 473,204.
Specification: 3.60 g, 0.437 fine silver, 23 mm diameter, this specimen 3,58 g.
Catalog reference: KM 216, v. Schr. 363 a; Olding 249.
- 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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