Prussia 1753-E 6 groscher

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Künker sale 353, lot 3625

This specimen was lot 3625 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €260 (about US$362 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. 6-Gröscher 1753, E, Königsberg. Prägung für die Provinz Preußen. Mit MOy in der Rückseitenumschrift. R Fast vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Schulten + Co. Köln, Oktober 1989, Nr. 1656. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, six groscher of 1753, Königsberg mint, struck for the province of Prussia, rare, about extremely fine.)"

The six groscher and the accompanying three groscher and eighteen groscher were used in East Prussia and the neighboring parts of Poland. This type of 1753-57 was the first of the denomination minted since 1723.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.12 g, silver, 21-22 mm diameter, this specimen 3,01 g.

Catalog reference: KM A277, Olding 201 a Anm. (this example); Kluge 223.1.

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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