Prussia 1751-C stuber

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Künker sale 353, lot 3716

This specimen was lot 3716 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €700 (about US$974 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. Stüber 1751, C, Cleve. Prägung für die westlichen Landesteile. RR Fast vorzüglich. Exemplar der Slg. Erich Hensgen, Auktion Kölner Münzkabinett 46, Köln 1988, Nr. 729. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, stuiver of 1751, Cleve mint, struck for the western provinces. Very rare, about extremely fine.)"

This type was struck at Cleve 1751-52. It has a low catalog value. A double stuber also exists.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: billon, this specimen 1,18 g.

Catalog reference: KM 50 (listed under Cleve), Olding 283; Kluge 277.1.

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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