Prussia 1759 6 groscher

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Künker sale 353, lot 3833

This specimen was lot 3833 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €800 (about US$1,113 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Ostpreußen unter russischer Besatzung. 6-Gröscher 1759, ohne Münzzeichen, Königsberg. Mit MONETA : REGNI : PRUSS : auf der Rückseite. 2,42 g. Olding 454 a; Kluge K 28.1. Vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Hess-Divo 268, Zürich 1996, Nr. 766. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, East Prussia under Russian occupation, six groscher of 1759, without mintmark, Königsberg mint. 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 (KM 288), three groscher (KM 289, A290), six groscher (shown here) and eighteen groscher (KM C290) were struck. The six groscher is the most common.

Recorded mintage: 3,795,000.

Specification: silver, 22-23 mm diameter, this specimen 4,55 g.

Catalog reference: KM B290, Olding 335 A Anm. 1 (this example); Kluge -.

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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