Prussia 1757-D 4 mariengroschen

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Künker sale 353, lot 3681

This specimen was lot 3681 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €280 (about US$390 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. 4 Mariengroschen 1757, D, Aurich. Prägung für die westlichen Landesteile. Prachtexemplar. Herrliche Patina, fast Stempelglanz. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, four mariengroschen of 1757, Aurich mint, struck for the western provinces. Choice example, handsome patina, about uncirculated.)"

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 1756-57. The SCWC notes that one thaler was 36 mariengroschen.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 4.21 g, 0.500 fine silver, 24 mm diameter, this specimen 4,58 g.

Catalog reference: KM 221 (listed under East Firesland), Olding 250; Kluge 253.2.

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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