Prussia 1761-D mariengroschen
This specimen was lot 3801 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €220 (about US$306 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. Mariengroschen 1761, D, Aurich. Heymännchen. Prägung während des Siebenjährigen Krieges. Sehr schön. Erworben am 30.11.1980. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, mariengroschen of 1761, Aurich mint, struck during the Seven Years War, very fine.)"
This mariengroschen was struck at Aurich in East Friesland 1761 only. The province of East Friesland was part of Prussia 1744-1806, then French 1806-13, then Prussia 1813-15, then Hannover 1815-66 and finally Prussia 1866-1918.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: billon, this specimen is 1,65 g.
Catalog reference: KM 230 (listed under East Friesland), Olding 360; Kluge 365.
- 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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