Prussia 1764-A 1/6 thaler
This specimen was lot 3485 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €40 (about US$56 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. 1/6 Reichstaler preuß. 1764, A, Berlin. Mit längerer Büste. 5,01 g. Sehr schön. Exemplar der Auktion Möller 14, Kassel 1994, Nr. 1271. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, one sixth thaler of 1764, Berlin mint, with long bust. Very fine.)"
This type was struck 1764-70, 1780 and 1786. in large quantities at several mints altho nice specimens are scarce. A few of the younger bust type (KM 269) were also struck in Berlin in 1764.
Recorded mintage: unknown but a common date.
Specification: 5.35 g, 0.521 fine silver, this specimen is 5.01 g.
Catalog reference: KM 299, Olding 80 a; Kluge 154.1.
- 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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- 1763-A 8 gute groschen
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- 1764-D 4 gute pfennig
- 1764-F 4 gute pfennig
- 1764-B 3 kreuzer
- 1764-E groschen
- 1764-F mariengroschen
- 1764-C stuber
- 1764-F 2 mariengroschen
- 1764-A 1/48 thaler
- 1764-F 1/48 thaler
- 1764-E 2 groscher
- 1764-A 1/24 thaler
- 1764-F 1/24 thaler
- 1764-A 1/12 thaler
- 1764-B 1/12 thaler
- 1764-C 1/12 thaler
- 1764-D 1/12 thaler
- 1764-E 1/12 thaler
- 1764-F 1/12 thaler
- 1764-B 1/6 thaler
- 1764-C 1/6 thaler
- 1764-D 1/6 thaler
- 1764-F 1/6 thaler
- 1764-E 18 groscher
- 1764-E quarter thaler
- 1764-F quarter thaler
- 1764-A ⅓ thaler
- 1764-F ⅓ thaler
- 1764-A half thaler
- 1764-E half thaler
- 1764-F half thaler
- 1764-A thaler
- 1764-C thaler
- 1764-E thaler
- 1764-F thaler
- 1764-A friedrichs d’or
- 1764-B friedrichs d'or
- 1765-D quarter stuber
- 1765-B 3 kreuzer
- 1765-A 1/12 thaler
- 1765-C 5 stuber = 1/12 thaler
- 1765-D 1/12 thaler
- 1765-A 1/6 thaler
- 1765-B 1/6 thaler
- 1765-C 10 stuber = 1/6 thaler
- 1765-C 1/6 thaler
- 1765-D 1/6 thaler
- 1765-F 1/6 thaler
- 1765-A quarter thaler
- 1765-A half thaler
- 1765-A thaler
- 1765-A "banco" thaler
- 1765-A doppelter friedrichs d'or
- Coins and currency dated 1764