Prussia 1766-B 1/6 thaler

Künker sale 353, lot 3502

This specimen was lot 3502 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €200 (about US$278 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. 1/6 Reichstaler preuß. 1766, B, Breslau. Berliner Typ. Vorzüglich +. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, one sixth thaler of 1766, Breslau mint, Berlin type. Extremely fine or better.)"

This type was struck 1764-70, 1780 and 1786 at Berlin, Breslau (shown here), Cleve and Konigsberg.

Recorded mintage: unknown but a common date.

Specification: 5.35 g, 0.521 fine silver, this specimen is 5,09 g.

Catalog reference: KM 299, Olding 93; Kluge 155.4.

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:

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• 1766-F 1/12 thaler
• 1766-A half thaler
• 1766-A thaler
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• 1766-B halb friedrichs d'or
• 1766-A doppelter friedrichs d'or
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