Prussia 1769-B groschel
This specimen was lot 3765 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €130 (about US$181 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. Gröschel 1769, B, Breslau. Prägung für die Provinz Schlesien. Mit geradem Monogramm. R Sehr schön. Exemplar der Auktion Heinz-W. Müller 77, Solingen 1994, Nr. 2516 (dort irrtümlich Olding 327). (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, groschel of 1769, Breslau mint, struck for the province of Silesia, with a straight monogram. Rare, very fine.)"
After Frederick the Great seized Silesia in 1742, he issued kreuzer denominated coinage for the province which did not directly convert into the thaler-based coinage used in the rest of the realm. One, three, six, 15 and 18 kreuzer were issued along with one and two groschel pieces. This type was struck 1769 in moderate quantities and probably also circulated in Poland. A variety with a cursive monogram (KM 1014a) is also noted for 1769-70.
Recorded mintage: 358,000 (including KM 1014a).
Specification: billon, this specimen is 0,69 g.
Catalog reference: KM 1014 (listed under Silesia), Olding 326; Kluge 314.1.
- 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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