Prussia 1746-AHE 2 groschel

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Künker sale 353, lot 3753

This specimen was lot 3753 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €80 (about US$111 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. 2 Gröschel 1746, AHE, Breslau. Prägung für die Provinz Schlesien. Mit SIL DVX am Ende der Vorderseitenumschrift. Münzmeister Adam Heinrich von Ehrenberg. R Vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Münzzentrum 101, Köln 1999, Nr. 3484. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, two groschel of 1746, Breslau mint, struck for the province of Silesia, with "SIL DVX" at the end of the obverse legend. Rare, extremely 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 1745-50 and seems to have been made in large quantities. The last two groschel was struck in 1786.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: billon, this specimen 1,12 g.

Catalog reference: KM 921.1 (listed under Silesia), Olding 315 b; Kluge 310.2.

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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