Prussia 1764-F 1/4 thaler
The first specimen was lot 3543 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €130 (about US$181 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. 1/4 Reichstaler preuß. 1764, F, Magdeburg. Mit einer Troddel an der äußeren rechten Fahnenspitze. Sehr schön +. Exemplar der Auktion Schulten + Co. Köln, Oktober 1985, Nr. 1515. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, quarter thaler of 1764, Magdeburg mint, local bust. Very fine or better.)"
The second specimen was lot 3544 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €240 (about US$334 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. 1/4 Reichstaler preuß. 1764, F, Magdeburg. Berliner Typ. Sehr schön +. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, quarter thaler of 1764, Magdeburg mint, Berlin bust. Very fine or better.)"
This type was struck 1764-68. It is one of the few times this denomination was struck in any quantity. The SCWC does not note the existence of these varieties.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 5.56 g, silver, the first specimen is 5,46 g, the second specimen is 5,65 g.
Catalog reference: KM 301, the first specimen Olding 126 Anm. 1; Kluge 153.1, the second specimen Olding 127; Kluge 153.2.
- 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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- 1764-A 4 gute pfennig
- 1764-D 4 gute pfennig
- 1764-F 4 gute pfennig
- 1764-B 3 kreuzer
- 1764-E groschen
- 1764-F mariengroschen
- 1764-C stuber
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- 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-A 1/6 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-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-F 1/6 thaler
- 1765-A quarter thaler
- 1765-F half thaler
- 1765-F thaler
- Coins and currency dated 1764