Prussia 1761 6 groscher

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Künker sale 353, lot 3837

This specimen was lot 3837 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €600 (about US$835 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Ostpreußen unter russischer Besatzung. 6-Gröscher 1761, ohne Münzzeichen, Königsberg. Mit kleinerem Adler auf der Rückseite und großer 6 in der Jahreszahl. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, East Prussia under Russian occupation, six groscher of 1761, without mintmark, Königsberg mint, with small eagle on the reverse and large 6 in the date. Very fine to 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 A290), six groscher (shown here) and eighteen groscher (KM C290) were struck. The six groscher is the most common.

Recorded mintage: 3,457,439.

Specification: billon, 22-23 mm diameter, this specimen is 2,51 g.

Catalog reference: KM B290, Olding 454 a; Kluge K 28.3.

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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