Prussia 1754-D 8 gute groschen
This specimen was lot 3440 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €2,600 (about US$3,619 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. 8 Gute Groschen 1754, D, Aurich. RR Leicht justiert, sehr schön-vorzüglich. Erworben am 29.11.1981 von Fritz Rudolf Künker, Osnabrück. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, eight good groschen of 1754, Aurich mint. Very rare, lightly adjusted, very fine to extremely fine.)"
This date is common for the type, which was struck 1753-59, 1763. Tall and short busts were struck simultaneously in this period, tho usually not at the same mint.
Recorded mintage: 56,925.
Specification: 8.35 g 0.666 fine silver, this specimen 8.42 g.
Catalog reference: KM 274.2 (tall bust), Olding 53 a; Kluge 78.3.
- 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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