Prussia 1743-W AHE 6 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 3733 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €180 (about US$251 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. 6 Kreuzer 1743, W-AHE, Breslau. Prägung für die Provinz Schlesien. Mit "W" (= Wratislawia) unter dem Schild. Münzmeister Adam Heinrich von Ehrenberg. RR Winz. Schrötlingsfehler, sehr schön. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, six kreuzer of 1743, Breslau mint, struck for the province of Silesia, with initial "W" under the shield. Very rare, planchet flaws, very fine.)"
After Frederick the Great seized Silesia in 1742, he issued kreuzer denominated coinage for the province which did not directly convert into the thaler-based coinage used in the rest of the realm. One, three, six, 15 and 18 kreuzer were issued along with one and two groschel pieces. This type is listed for 1743-44. The last six kreuzer piece was struck in 1757.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: billon, this specimen 3,30 g.
Catalog reference: KM 894.1 (listed under Silesia), Olding 297 a; Kluge 296.1.
- 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.
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