Prussia 1752-F mariengroschen
This specimen was lot 3708 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €85 (about US$118 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. Mariengroschen 1752, F, Magdeburg. Prägung für die westlichen Landesteile. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. Exemplar der Slg. Manfred Olding, Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 10, Osnabrück 1988, Nr. 457. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, mariengroschen of 1752, Magdeburg mint, struck for the western provinces. Scarce in this quality, very fine to extremely fine.)"
The denomination was struck only at Magdeburg and this was the first issue since 1706 (KM 66). It is not priced in the SCWC. Four and two mariengroschen (KM G268 and KM F268) were also struck in 1752. A similar coin was struck at the Aurich mint in East Friesland. One thaler equalled 36 mariengroschen.
Recorded mintage: 426,223.
Specification: 1.43 g, 0.312 fine silver, 17 mm diameter, this specimen 1,66 g.
Catalog reference: KM E268, Olding 275; Kluge 263.
- 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-D 2 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
- Coins and currency dated 1752