Prussia 1752-E groschen

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Künker sale 353, lot 3660

This specimen was lot 3660 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €280 (about US$390 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. Groschen 1752, E, Königsberg. Prägung für die Provinz Preußen. Von größter Seltenheit. Schön-sehr schön. Erworben im Juli 1997 von Manfred Olding, Osnabrück. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, groschen of 1752, Königsberg mint, struck for the province of Prussia. Extremely rare, fine to very fine.)"

The groschen and the accompanying three groscher, six groscher and eighteen groscher were used in East Prussia and the neighboring parts of Poland but the groschen was much less used.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 0.77 g, silver, 15 mm diameter, this specimen 0,67 g.

Catalog reference: KM B268, Olding 231; Kluge 243.1.

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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