Prussia 1753-D 1/6 thaler
This specimen was lot 3443 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €400 (about US$557 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. 1/6 Reichstaler preuß. 1753, D, Aurich. Kl. Schrötlingsfehler, sehr schön. Exemplar der Auktion Berliner Münz-Cabinet 10, Berlin 1979, Nr. 3124. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, one-sixth thaler of 1753, Aurich mint. Minor field marks, very fine.)"
This type was struck at several mints 1750-55. Many varieties exist. This is an unlisted date in the SCWC.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 5.35 g, 0.521 fine silver, this specimen 4.97 g.
Catalog reference: KM 252, Olding 57; Kluge 94.2.
- 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-A 1/6 thaler, armored bust
- 1752-A 1/6 thaler, bare bust
- 1752-B 1/6 thaler
- 1752-F 1/6 thaler
- 1753-D quarter stuber
- 1753 duit, Cleves mint
- 1753-C 2 stuber
- 1753-D 4 pfennig
- 1753-D mariengroschen
- 1753-E 2 groscher
- 1753-E 3 groscher
- 1753-St E 3 groscher
- 1753-B 18 kreuzer
- 1753-St E 6 groscher
- 1753-E 6 groscher
- 1753-G 6 groscher
- 1753-A 8 gute groschen
- 1753-F 8 gute groschen
- 1753-G 8 gute groschen
- 1753-E 18 groscher
- 1753-G 18 groscher
- 1753-F 1/48 thaler
- 1753-G 1/48 thaler
- 1753-A 1/24 thaler, monogram divides the date
- 1753-G 1/24 thaler
- 1753-A 1/12 thaler
- 1753-B 1/12 thaler
- 1753-C 1/6 thaler
- 1753-F 1/6 thaler
- 1753-G 1/6 thaler
- 1753-C thaler
- 1753-A halb friedrichs d'or, bare bust
- 1753-C halb friedrichs d'or, bare bust
- 1754-B 1/6 thaler
- 1754-E 1/6 thaler
- Coins and currency dated 1753