Prussia 1758 12 mariengroschen

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Künker sale 353, lot 3805

This specimen was lot 3805 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. 12 Mariengroschen 1758, Münzzeichen Stern, Dresden. Prägung während des Siebenjährigen Krieges. Mit FRIDERICVS BORVSSORVM REX in der Vorderseitenumschrift. Leichte Prägeschwäche, sehr schön. Exemplar der Auktion Westfälische Auktionsgesellschaft 4, Dortmund 1994, Nr. 476. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, twelve mariengroschen of 1758, star mintmark, Dresden mint, struck during the Seven Years War, slightly weakly struck, very fine.)"

This was the only time this denomination, theoretically worth one-third thaler, was struck in Prussia. It was actually struck on contract by a private mintmaster at the Dresden mint, then occupied by Prussian troops. It was accompanied by a six mariengroschen (KM D284) and several varieties of one-third thalers (KM 284, KM 285). It is not priced in the SCWC.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 8.06 g, silver, 30 mm diameter, this specimen 7,51 g.

Catalog reference: KM E284, Olding 364 b; Kluge 343.1.

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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