Prussia 1742-EGN 3 gute pfennig

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Künker sale 353, lot 3572

This specimen was lot 3572 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €130 (about US$181 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. 3 Gute Pfennig 1742, EGN, Berlin. Prägung für die Mark Brandenburg. Münzmeister Ernst Georg Neubauer. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Westfälische Auktionsgesellschaft 15, Dortmund 2000, Nr. 41. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, three good pfennig of 1742, Berlin mint, struck for the mark of Brandenburg. Rare in this quality, extremely fine.)"

This type, struck 1742 only, was called a "3 Gute Pfennig" because it contained silver, if only a trace. It would take 107 of these coins to make up the silver in a Prussian thaler, itself lightweight and debased.

Recorded mintage: 960,000.

Specification: 0.83 g, 0.187 fine silver, 16 mm diameter, this specimen 0,82 g.

Catalog reference: KM 236, Olding 149; Kluge 200.

Source:

  • 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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