Prussia 1754-D mariengroschen

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Künker sale 353, lot 3687

This specimen was part of lot 3687 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), which sold for €420 (about US$585 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. Mariengroschen ...c) Mariengroschen 1754 D, Aurich. Prägung für die westlichen Landesteile. Adler (gekrönt) mit Zepter und Reichsapfel. Erworben am 23.2.1993 von Hanfried Bendig, Bremen. ...4 Stück., Kl. Schrötlingsfehler, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, mariengroschen of 1753, Aurich mint, struck for the western provinces; crowned eagle with scepter and orb. [[One of] four pieces, small field marks, very fine to extremely 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 type was struck 1752-56. The SCWC notes that one thaler was 36 mariengroschen.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.43 g, 0.312 fine silver, this specimen 1,59 g.

Catalog reference: KM 215 (listed under East Friesland), Kluge 261.3; Olding 256 b.

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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