Prussia 1757-E 6 groscher

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Künker sale 353, lot 3640

This specimen was part of lot 3640 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), which sold for €120 (about US$167 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. 6-Gröscher a) 6-Gröscher 1757 E, Königsberg. Prägung für die Provinz Preußen. Mit PRUS in der Rückseitenumschrift. Erworben am 18.10.1983. ...2 Stück., Sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, six groscher of 1757, Königsberg mint, struck for the province of Prussia, with "PRUS" in the reverse legend. [One of] two pieces, very fine to 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. The Königsberg mint also struck another six groscher with a crowned bust in 1755-56, which is considerably scarcer.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.12 g, silver, 21-22 mm diameter, this specimen 2,76 g.

Catalog reference: KM A277, Kluge 227.6; Olding 211 a.

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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