Prussia 1757-A 1/24 thaler

Stack's Bowers May 2024 Collector's Choice sale, lot 32239

This specimen was lot 32239 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2024), where it sold for $125. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Prussia. 1/24 Taler, 1757-A. Berlin Mint. Friedrich II. PCGS MS-63. An attractive survivor of the type with frosty luster and a well centered strike." Thsi type was struck in large numbers 1753-57 and 1763 at Berlin (shown here), Magdeburg (mintmark "F") and Stettin (mintmark "G").

Recorded mintage: 16,695,515.

Specification: billon.

Catalog reference: KM-276.

Source:

• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, May 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

Link to:

• 1753-G 1/24 thaler
• 1755-C 1/24 thaler
• 1756-A 1/24 thaler
• 1756-F 1/24 thaler
• 1757-F 1/6 thaler
• 1757-D 4 mariengroschen
• 1757-C 6 groscher
• 1757-E 6 groscher
• 1757-E 18 groscher
• 1757-B ducat
• 1757-A friedrichs d'or, uniformed bust
• 1757-A friedrichs d'or, bare bust
• 1764-A 1/24 thaler
• Coins and currency dated 1757