Prussia 1758-B 18 kreuzer

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from the Stack's Bowers 2019 ANA sale, part of lot 22681
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Künker sale 353, lot 3802

The first specimen was part of lot 22681 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2019), which sold for $780. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Octet of Silver Minors (8 Pieces), 1530-1861. All NGC Certified. ...5) Silesia 1758-B 18 Kreuzer, Breslau mint, Frederick the Great, AU-58. ...A good mix of types that mostly would have circulated in Silesia and western POLAND." The second specimen was lot 3802 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €280 (about US$390 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[2] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. 18 Kreuzer 1758, B, Breslau. Prägung während des Siebenjährigen Krieges. RR Vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Galerie des Monnaies 25, Düsseldorf 1981, Nr. 266. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, eighteen kreuzer of 1758, Breslau mint, struck during the Seven Years War, very rare, extremely fine.)"

This type struck 1755-58 is listed under Silesia but might better be listed under Prussia. It probably traded for 1/5 thaler.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, the second specimen 5,57 g.

Catalog reference: KM-969.2, Olding 361; Kluge 358.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The August 2019 Chicago ANA Auction: World Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.
  • [2]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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