Prussia 1747-AE friedrichs d'or Fr-2376
The first specimen was lot 1157 in Sincona sale 38 (Zürich, May 2017), where it sold for 5,750 CHF (about US$6,896 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Brandenburg / Prussia, Friedrich II. 1740-1786 Friedrichs dor 1747 AE. Breslau. Sehr selten. Vorzüglich. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick William II, 1740-86, frederick d'or of 1747, Breslau mint, Very rare, Extremely fine.)"
The second specimen was lot 1822 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €4,000 (about US$5,567 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[2] noted,
"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. Friedrichs d'or 1747, AE, Breslau. Mit FRIDERICUS in der Vorderseitenumschrift. GOLD. R Sehr schön-vorzüglich. Erworben 1956 bei der Firma Julius Jenke, München. (kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, frederick d'or of 1747, Breslau mint, with FRIDERICUS in the obverse legend. Rare, very fine to extremely fine. Bought from Julius Jenke in 1956.)"
Gold coins of eighteenth century Prussia are scarce as, despite Frederick the Great's strenuous efforts to build up the local economy, Prussia remained a poor and backward country. This type was struck 1744-48 and was worth five thaler. Another frederick d'or (KM 930) was struck in Breslau in 1747 featuring an eagle with the trophies of war on the reverse.
Recorded mintage: unknown but rare.
Specification: 6.68 g, 0.903 fine gold, the first specimen 6.63 g, the second specimen 6.59 g.
Catalog reference: Olding 389b. Kluge 9.1. Fr-2376, KM 909 (listed under Silesia).
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- [1]Jürg Richter, Auction 38, Gold Coins and Medals, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2017.
- [2]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 352: Die Sammlung Hermann Schwarz: Faszination des gepragten Goldes. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.
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