Prussia 1766-A 2 friedrichs d'or Fr-2405
This specimen was lot 3507 in Künker sale 385 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €6,500 (about US$8,399 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. Doppelter Friedrichs d'or 1766, A, Berlin. GOLD. RR Sehr schön. (kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II, 1740-86, double frederick d'or of 1766, Berlin mint. Very rare, very fine.)"
This type was struck in Berlin 1764-71 and 1775. It traded for ten thalers. Frederick the Great emerged victorious from the Seven Years War but it was a very near thing, with only the death of the empress Elizabeth in 1761 saving Prussia from utter destruction.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 13.36 g, 0.903 fine gold, this specimen 13.26 g.
Catalog reference: KM 310, Fr-2405; Olding 432; Kluge 109.3.
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- 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, Katalog 385: Absolutismus, Aufklärung und Französische Revolution im Spiegel von Münzen und Medaillen - Die Sammlung Bader, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023.
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