Prussia 1752-B 1/2 friedrichs d'or Fr-2402
This specimen was lot 3351 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €1,400 (about US$1,948 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. 1/2 Friedrichs d'or 1752, B, Breslau. Kleinerer Kopf. GOLD. R Fast sehr schön. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, half friedrichs d'or of 1752, Breslau mint, small head. Rare, about very fine.)"
Altho Frederick began his reign by minting ducats, in 1741 he switched to friedrichs d'or, a renamed version of the wilhelm d'or minted by his father. The early issues are rare but the coin later came to be quite common and was imitated by other North German states as a five thaler gold coin. This type was struck at Breslau, in Silesia, in 1750-53.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.34 g, 0.903 fine gold, this specimen 3,22 g.
Catalog reference: KM 939 (listed under Silesia), Fr-2402; Olding 416 c; Kluge 52.3.
- 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.
- 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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- 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-D quarter stuber, date on obverse
- 1752-D quarter stuber, date on reverse
- 1752-F 4 gute pfennig
- 1752-D 4 pfennig
- 1752-E groschen
- 1752-B kreuzer
- 1752-B 3 kreuzer
- 1752-B 2 groschel
- 1752-D mariengroschen
- 1752-F mariengroschen
- 1752-F 2 mariengroschen
- 1752-F 4 mariengroschen
- 1752-D 2 mariengroschen
- 1752-W E 3 groscher
- 1752-S E 6 groscher
- 1752-A 1/48 thaler
- 1752-B 1/48 thaler
- (1752)-A 1/24 thaler, muled dies
- 1752-A 1/24 thaler, date on reverse
- 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
- 1752-A 1/6 thaler, armored bust
- 1752-A 1/6 thaler, bare bust
- 1752-B 1/6 thaler
- 1752-F 1/6 thaler
- 1752-E 18 groscher
- 1752-S E 18 groscher
- 1752-B 18 kreuzer
- 1752-B quarter thaler
- 1752-B half thaler
- 1752-A thaler
- 1752-C thaler
- 1752-A halb friedrichs d'or, uniformed bust
- 1752-A halb friedrichs d'or, bare bust
- 1752-A friedrichs d'or, bare bust
- 1752-A friedrichs d'or, uniformed bust
- 1752-B friedrichs d'or, uniformed bust
- 1752-C friedrichs d'or
- 1753-A halb friedrichs d'or, bare bust
- 1753-C halb friedrichs d'or, bare bust
- Coins and currency dated 1752