Prussia 1752-D 2 mariengroschen
This specimen was lot 3682 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €1,600 (about US$2,227 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. 2 Mariengroschen 1752, D, Aurich. Prägung für die westlichen Landesteile. Von größter Seltenheit. Kl. Randfehler, sehr schön. Erworben am 20.4.1996 von Hanfried Bendig, Bremen. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, two mariengroschen of 1752, Aurich mint, struck for the western provinces. Extremely rare, minor rim nicks, very fine.)"
Aurich was the capital of the county of Ostfriesland, which was ruled by its native princes until the extinction of the line in 1744, whereupon it fell to the Hohenhollerns, who retained the mint there. In 1750, the mint was assigned the mintmark "D". The Prussians lost the province to Napoleon in 1807 and it passed to Hannover at the Congress of Vienna. This is a rare one year type. The SCWC notes that one thaler was 36 mariengroschen.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 2.28 g, 0.437 fine silver, this specimen 2,73 g.
Catalog reference: KM 216 (listed under East Friesland), Olding 252; Kluge 256.
- 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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- 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-W E 3 groscher
- 1752-S E 6 groscher
- 1752-W 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
- 1752-C friedrichs d'or
- 1753-D quarter stuber
- 1753 duit, Cleves mint
- 1753-C 2 stuber