Prussia 1754-St E 6 groscher

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Künker sale 353, lot 3633

This specimen was lot 3633 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €220 (about US$306 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. 6-Gröscher 1754, St/E, Königsberg. Prägung für die Provinz Preußen. Mit Signatur St im Armabschnitt und mit PRUSS in der Rückseitenumschrift. Stempelschneider Johann Julius Steinbrück. RR Kl. Prägeschwäche, vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 12, Osnabrück 1988, Nr. 581. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, six groscher of 1754, Königsberg mint, struck for the province of Prussia, with initial "St" below the bust and "PRUSS" in the reverse legend. Very rare, slightly weakly struck, 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 3,14 g.

Catalog reference: KM A277, Olding 205 a; Kluge 224.2.

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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