Prussia 1753-D 4 pfennig

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Künker sale 353, lot 3691

This specimen was lot 3691 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €850 (about US$1,183 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. 4 Pfennig 1753, D, Aurich. Prägung für die westlichen Landesteile. Von großer Seltenheit. Sehr schön. Exemplar der Slg. Friedrich Otto, Rittergut Passendorf, Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 126, Osnabrück 2007, Nr. 2399. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, four pfennig of 1753, Aurich mint, struck for the western provinces. Extremely rare, 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 two year type. The SCWC notes that one thaler was 288 pfennige.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: billon, this specimen 0,97 g.

Catalog reference: KM 211 (listed under East Friesland), Olding 259; Kluge 269.2.

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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