Prussia 1764-C stuber

From CoinVarieties
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Künker sale 353, lot 3717

This specimen was lot 3717 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €70 (about US$98 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. Stüber 1764, C, Cleve. Prägung für die westlichen Landesteile. Sehr schön. Exemplar der Auktion Berliner Münz-Cabinet 10, Berlin 1979, Nr. 3309. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, stuiver of 1764, Cleve mint, struck for the western provinces. Very fine.)"

This type was struck in 1764 for the use of the western provinces (Cleve, Mark, Minden and Ravensberg). It is the last of the denomination. While the Cleve mint would continue operating for the rest of the century, the period of striking special provincial coinage was closing. After narrowly escaping complete destruction in the Seven Years' War, Frederick II henceforth pursued a much less warlike foreign policy.

Recorded mintage: 641,000.

Specification: billon, this specimen is 1,08 g.

Catalog reference: KM 60 (listed under Cleve), Olding 284; Kluge 278.

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.

Link to:

Retrieved from "https://coinvarieties.com/index.php?title=Prussia_1764-C_stuber&oldid=466126"