Prussia 1759 2 groscher
This specimen was lot 3846 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €2,400 (about US$3,340 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Ostpreußen unter russischer Besatzung. 2-Gröscher 1759, ohne Münzzeichen, Königsberg. Mit GROSUSS auf der Rückseite. Sehr selten, besonders in dieser Erhaltung. Prachtexemplar. Fast Stempelglanz. Exemplar der Auktion Westfälische Auktionsgesellschaft 17, Dortmund 2001, Nr. 610. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, East Prussia under Russian occupation, two groscher of 1759, without mintmark, Königsberg mint. Very scarce in this quality, choice example, about extremely fine.)"
The Russian army occupied East Prussia 1759-62 during the Seven Years' War. During that period, the Königsberg mint was used to strike a strange hybrid of German denominations with the bust of empress Elizabeth. Schilling (KM 286), groschen (KM 287), two groscher (shown here), three groscher (KM 289), six groscher (KM B290) and eighteen groscher (KM C290) were struck. The six groscher is the most common.
Recorded mintage: 126,657.
Specification: 1.46 g, silver, 18 mm diameter, this specimen 1,66 g.
Catalog reference: KM 288, Olding 458 b; Kluge K 30.1.
- 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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