Prussia 1742-GK 1/12 thaler
This specimen was lot 3375 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €750 (about US$1,044 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. 1/12 Taler 1742, GK, Cleve. Münzmeister Georg Küster. Von großer Seltenheit. Nur wenige Exemplare bekannt. Fast vorzüglich. Erworben am 26.6.1988 von Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. Frankfurt/Mai. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, one-twelfth thaler of 1741. Extremely rare, very few known, about extremely fine.)"
This type was struck 1740-46. This is a scarce date. Mintmaster EGN of the Berlin mint also struck this denomination for 1742.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.60 g, 0.437 fine silver, this specimen 3.75 g.
Catalog reference: KM 226, Olding 6; Kluge 28.3.
- 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:
- 1741-EGN 1/12 thaler
- 1741-GK 1/12 thaler
- 1742-EGN guter pfennig
- 1742-EGN 3 gute pfennig
- 1742-CS schilling, Königsberg mint
- 1742-AGP 1/48 thaler
- 1742-EGN friedrichs d'or
- 1743-W AHE 3 kreuzer
- 1743-W AHE 6 kreuzer
- 1743-W 6 kreuzer
- 1743-W 15 kreuzer
- 1743-EGN ducat
- 1743-W ducat
- 1746-EGN 1/12 thaler
- 1746-ICG 1/12 thaler
- Coins and currency dated 1742