Prussia 1766-F 1/12 thaler
This specimen was lot 3549 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €110 (about US$151 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. 1/12 Taler 1766, F, Magdeburg. Berliner Typ. Schrötlingsfehler, fast vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Berliner Münz-Cabinet 10, Berlin 1979, Nr. 3212. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, one-twelfth thaler of 1768, Magdeburg mint, Berlin bust. Field marks, about extremely fine.)"
This type was struck 1764-72 at Magdeburg and Konigsberg and is common.
Recorded mintage: unknown but a scarce date.
Specification: 3.34 g, 0.437 fine silver, this specimen is 3,64 g.
Catalog reference: KM 311, Olding 131; Kluge 167.3.
- 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:
- 1765-D 1/12 thaler
- 1765-F 1/6 thaler
- 1765-F ⅓ thaler
- 1765-F half thaler
- 1765-F thaler
- 1766-B kreuzer
- 1766-A 1/48 thaler
- 1766-B 1/12 thaler
- 1766-B 1/6 thaler
- 1766-A half thaler
- 1766-A thaler
- 1766 "Levant" thaler
- 1766-B halb friedrichs d'or
- 1766-A doppelter friedrichs d'or
- 1767-D mariengroschen
- 1768-F 1/12 thaler
- Coins and currency dated 1766