Prussia 1755-D 8 gute groschen

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Künker sale 353, lot 3441

This specimen was lot 3441 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €1,400 (about US$1,921 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. 8 Gute Groschen 1755, D, Aurich. Mit Locke am Hals. Von großer Seltenheit. Schön-sehr schön. Erworben am 17.11.1988. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, eight good groschen of 1755, Aurich mint, with curl of hair on the neck. Extremely rare, fine to very fine.)"

This type was struck 1753-59, 1763. Tall and short busts were struck simultaneously but not normally at the same mint at the same time. This is an unlisted date in the SCWC.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 8.35 g 0.666 fine silver, this specimen 8,61 g.

Catalog reference: KM 274.2 (tall bust), Olding 55 b; Kluge 79.

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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