Prussia 1754-A 8 gute groschen

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Künker sale 353, lot 3391

This specimen was lot 3391 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €340 (about US$473 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. 8 Gute Groschen 1754, A, Berlin. Helm auf den Waffen nach rechts. Hübsche Patina, fast vorzüglich. Exemplar der Slg. Friedrich Otto, Rittergut Passendorf, Auktion Leipziger Münzhandlung 35, Leipzig 2003, Nr. 4706. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, eight good groschen of 1754, Berlin mint, with a helmet on right side of the pile of weapons. Nice patina, about extremely fine.)"

This date is common for the type, which was struck 1753-59, 1763. Tall and short busts were struck simultaneously at Berlin in 1754, an unusual occurence.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 8.35 g 0.666 fine silver, this specimen 8,56 g.

Catalog reference: KM 274.1 (short bust), Olding 18; Kluge 75.2.

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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