Prussia 1765-C 10 stuber

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Künker sale 353, lot 3514

This specimen was lot 3514 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €190 (about US$265 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. 1/6 Reichstaler preuß. (10 Stüber) 1765, C, Cleve. Berliner Typ. RR Fast sehr schön. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 5, Osnabrück 1986, Nr. 270. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, one sixth thaler or ten stuiver of 1765, Cleve mint, Berlin type. Very rare, about very fine.)"

The regular 1/6 thaler (KM 299) was struck 1764-70, 1780 and 1786 at Berlin, Cleve, Breslau and Königsberg and is common. The Cleve mint also struck a local type, shown here, with "10 STUV:" added to the reverse.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 5.35 g, 0.521 fine silver, this specimen is 5,25 g.

Catalog reference: KM 62 (listed under Cleve), Olding 101; Kluge 157.

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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