Prussia 1751-A 1/48 thaler

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Künker sale 353, lot 3565

This specimen was lot 3565 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. 1/48 Taler 1751, A, Berlin. Prägung für die Mark Brandenburg. Breites kleines Monogramm und Rosetten zu den Seiten der Wertzahl sowie dem Münzzeichen. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Monasterium 8, Münster 2000, Nr. 1179. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, 1/48 thaler of 1751, Berlin mint, struck for the mark of Brandenburg. Large small monogram and rosettes by the value and the mint mark. Very fine to extremely fine.)"

This type was struck 1750-53. Altho valued at 1/48 thaler, this coin had only 1/53 as much silver. In 1750, the mints were reorganized and the mintmaster's initials dropped in favor of mintmarks (A = Berlin, B = Breslau, C = Cleve, D = Aurich, E = Konigsberg, F = Magdeburg and G = Stettin).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.43 g, 0.219 fine silver, this specimen 1,46 g.

Catalog reference: KM 250, Olding 145 a; Kluge 188.2.

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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