Prussia 1741-EGN 1/48 thaler
This specimen was lot 3560 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €95 (about US$132 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. 1/48 Taler 1741, EGN, Berlin. Prägung für die Mark Brandenburg. Münzmeister Ernst Georg Neubauer. Feine Patina, fast vorzüglich. Erworben am 28.5.1972 von der Bank Leu AG, Zürich. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, 1/48 thaler of 1741, Berlin mint, struck for the mark of Brandenburg. Fine patina, about extremely fine.)"
This type was struck Berlin 1741 only but is common. Altho valued at 1/48 thaler, this coin had 1/53 as much silver.
Recorded mintage: 6,003,888.
Specification: 1.43 g, 0.219 fine silver, this specimen 1,48 g.
Catalog reference: KM 229, Olding 141 b; Kluge 185.
- 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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