Prussia 1752-F 4 mariengroschen
This specimen was lot 3705 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €200 (about US$278 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. 4 Mariengroschen 1752, F, Magdeburg. Prägung für die westlichen Landesteile. R Patina, fast vorzüglich. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, four mariengroschen of 1752, Magdeburg mint, struck for the western provinces. Rare, toned, about extremely fine.)"
The denomination was struck only at Magdeburg and this was the first issue since 1706 (KM 57). It is not priced in the SCWC. Two and one mariengroschen (KM F268 and KM E268) were also struck in 1752. A similar coin was struck a few years later at the Aurich mint in East Friesland. One thaler equalled 36 mariengroschen.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 4.21 g, 0.500 fine silver, this specimen 4,98 g.
Catalog reference: KM G268, Olding 272; Kluge 254.
- 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-C stuber
- 1751-B 2 groschel
- 1751-E 3 groscher
- 1751-A 1/48 thaler
- 1751-B 1/24 thaler, date on obverse
- 1751-A 1/12 thaler
- 1751-B 1/12 thaler
- 1751-C 1/12 thaler
- 1751-A 1/6 thaler
- 1751-B 1/6 thaler
- 1751-E 18 groscher
- 1751-W E 18 groscher
- 1751-B quarter thaler
- 1751-B half thaler
- 1751-C half thaler
- 1751-A thaler
- 1751-B thaler
- 1751-C thaler
- 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-D 2 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
- Coins and currency dated 1752