Prussia 1772-B thaler Dav-2586
This specimen was lot 3493 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €460 (about US$640 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. Reichstaler preuß. 1772, B, Breslau. Berliner Typ. Auf der rechten Seite der Waffengruppe 6 Spitzen. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, thaler of 1772, Breslau mint, Berlin type. The weapons group on the right has six points. Very fine to extremely fine.)"
This product of the Breslau mint in Silesia is fairly common but scarcer than the Berlin mint product. It was struck 1764-72.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 22.27 g, 0.750 fine silver, this specimen is 22,15 g.
Catalog reference: KM 306.2, Dav-2586; Olding 85 b; Kluge 125.8.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1965.
- [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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