Prussia 1764-B 1/6 thaler

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Künker sale 353, lot 3500

This specimen was lot 3500 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €90 (about US$125 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. 1/6 Reichstaler preuß. 1764, B, Breslau. Mit arabischer Wertzahl 6. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, one sixth thaler of 1764, Breslau, with arabic numeral "6" for the value. Very fine to extremely fine.)"

This type was struck 1764-70, 1780 and 1786 in large quantities at several mints altho nice specimens are scarce.

Recorded mintage: unknown but a common date.

Specification: 5.35 g, 0.521 fine silver, this specimen is 5,55 g.

Catalog reference: KM 299, Olding 92 b; Kluge 155.2.

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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