Prussia 1741-EGN 1/12 thaler
This specimen was lot 3372 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 II. der Große, 1740-1786. 1/12 Taler 1741, EGN, Berlin. Münzmeister Ernst Georg Neubauer. Prachtexemplar. Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. Exemplar der Auktion Schulten + Co. Köln, Oktober 1986, Nr. 3089. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, one-twelfth thaler of 1741. Choice example, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
This type was struck 1740-46. Mintmaster GK also exists for 1741.
Recorded mintage: 4,361,484 (including 1741-GK).
Specification: 3.60 g, 0.437 fine silver, this specimen 3.64 g.
Catalog reference: KM 226, Olding 5; Kluge 27.1.
- 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:
- 1739-EGN 1/12 thaler, Friedrich Wilhelm
- 1740-EGN 1/12 thaler, Frederick II
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- 1741-GK 1/12 thaler
- 1741-EGN ⅓ thaler
- Prussia 1741-EGN 2/3 thaler
- 1741 thaler, large cross
- 1741 thaler, small cross
- 1741-EGN ducat
- 1742-EGN guter pfennig
- 1742-EGN 3 gute pfennig
- 1742-CS schilling, Königsberg mint
- 1742-AGP 1/48 thaler
- 1742-GK 1/12 thaler
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