Prussia 1752-C friedrichs d'or Fr-2401
This specimen was lot 3354 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €11,000 (about US$15,309 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. Friedrichs d'or 1752, C, Cleve. Geharnischtes Brustbild r. mit umgelegtem Mantel, Ordensband und Kreuz//Gekrönter Adler zwischen Waffen (mit 3 Spitzen, Degen und Trompete auf der linken Seite der Waffengruppe, auf der rechten Seite Kanonenrohr und 4 Spitzen), unten Münzzeichen C und die geteilte Jahreszahl 17 - 52. Mit Kerbrand. GOLD. Äußerst selten. Schwach ausgeprägt, Winz. Bearbeitungsstelle am Rand, vorzüglich. Exemplar der Slg. Brandenburg-Preußen (100 Goldprägungen), Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 47, Osnabrück 1999, Nr. 4039. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, frederick d'or of 1752, Cleve mint. Obverse: Armored and mantled bust right with order sash and cross; reverse: crowned eagle between weapons (with 3 points, sword and trumpet on the left side of the weapon group, on the right side cannon barrel and 4 points), below mint mark C and the divided year 17 - 52. Extremely scarce, weakly struck, tooled on the rim, extremely 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 Cleve, in the western part of his realm, in 1751-53.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.68 g, 0.903 fine gold, this specimen 6,68 g.
Catalog reference: KM 52 (listed under Cleve), Fr-2401; Olding 420; Kluge 45.2.
- 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-F 1/24 thaler
- 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-B halb friedrichs d'or
- 1752-A friedrichs d'or, bare bust
- 1752-A friedrichs d'or, uniformed bust
- 1752-B friedrichs d'or, uniformed bust
- 1753-A halb friedrichs d'or, bare bust
- 1753-C halb friedrichs d'or, bare bust
- Coins and currency dated 1752