Prussia 1751-B 1/12 thaler
The first specimen was lot 3425 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €320 (about US$439 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. 1/12 Taler 1751, B, Breslau. Breites Brustbild mit kleinerem Kopf. Sehr selten in dieser Erhaltung. Am Rand justiert, fast Stempelglanz. Exemplar der Slg. Manfred Olding, Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 10, Osnabrück 1988, Nr. 70. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, one-twelfth thaler of 1751, Breslau mint, broad bust with a smaller head. Very rare in this quality, adjusted edge, about uncirculated.)"
The second specimen was lot 3426 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €85 (about US$118 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. 1/12 Taler 1751, B, Breslau. Der Kopf teilt die Umschrift. R Stempelfehler, fast vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Westfälische Auktionsgesellschaft 20, Dortmund 2002, Nr. 529. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, one-twelfth thaler of 1751, Breslau mint, the head interrupts the legend. Rare, die cracks, about extremely fine.)"
This type was struck in large numbers at several mints 1750-55. Many varieties exist of which we show two.
Recorded mintage: 7,695,915 for 1751-52.
Specification: 3.34 g, 0.437 fine silver, the first specimen 3,69 g; the second specimen 3,79 g.
Catalog reference: KM-251; the first specimen Olding 43 b (this example); Kluge 102.2; the second specimen Olding 43 c (this example); Kluge 102.2.
- 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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- 1750-B 1/12 thaler
- 1751-A 1/48 thaler
- 1751-C stuber
- 1751-B 2 groschel
- 1751-E 3 groscher
- 1751-B 1/24 thaler, date on obverse
- 1751-A 1/12 thaler
- 1751-C 1/12 thaler
- 1751-A 1/6 thaler
- 1751-B 1/6 thaler
- 1751-E 18 groscher
- 1751-W E 18 groscher
- 1751-B quarter thaler
- 1751-B half thaler
- 1751-C half thaler
- 1751-A thaler
- 1751-B thaler
- 1751-C thaler
- 1751-ICM thaler, Royal Asiatic Society
- 1751-A halb friedrichs d’or
- 1751-B halb friedrichs d’or
- 1751-B friedrichs d'or, uniformed bust
- 1751-C friedrichs d'or, uniformed bust
- 1752-A 1/12 thaler, bare bust
- 1752-B 1/12 thaler
- 1752-C 1/12 thaler
- 1752-D 1/12 thaler
- 1752-F 1/12 thaler
- Coins and currency dated 1751