Prussia 1767-B thaler Dav-2586

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Künker sale 385, lot 3516

This specimen was lot 3516 in Künker sale 385 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €3,200 (about US$4,135 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. Reichstaler preuß. 1767, B, Breslau. Sehr selten in dieser Erhaltung. Prachtexemplar. Feine Patina, fast Stempelglanz. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 64, Osnabrück 2001, Nr. 4096. (kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II, 1740-86, thaler of 1767, Breslau mint. Very scarce in this quality, outstanding example, fine patina, about uncirculated.)"

This type was struck at Berlin, Breslau (shown here) and Königsberg 1764-74. These coins saw hard use and are frequently found heavily worn. As they were only 0.750 fine, they were spent and the issues of other principalities hoarded. 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: 22.27 g, 0.750 fine silver, this specimen 22.15 g.

Catalog reference: KM 306.3, Dav-2586; Olding 85 a; Kluge 125.4.

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1965.
  • 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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