Prussia 1777-A 1/4 stuber

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Künker sale 353, lot 3704

This specimen was lot 3704 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €35 (about US$49 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. Ku.-1/4 Stüber 1777, A, Berlin. Prägung für die westlichen Landesteile. Sehr schön. Erworben am 23.2.1993 von Hanfried Bendig, Bremen. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, copper quarter stuber of 1777, struck for the western provinces. Very fine.)"

This type was struck 1777-81 and 1784 at the Berlin mint for East Friesland, the Aurich mint having closed in 1768. It accompanied a one stuber, a half stuber and a double stuber. Unusually for the period, it is pure copper.

Recorded mintage: 562,000.

Specification: copper, this specimen is 3,10 g.

Catalog reference: KM 250 (listed under East Friesland), Olding 271; Kluge 288.1.

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.

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