Prussia 1781-A 3 gute pfennig

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Künker sale 353, lot 3574

This specimen was lot 3574 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €160 (about US$220 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. 3 Gute Pfennig 1781, A, Berlin. Prägung für die Mark Brandenburg. Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. Exemplar der Lagerliste Fritz Rudolf Künker 177, Osnabrück 2005, Nr. 665. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, three good pfenning of 1781, Berlin mint, struck for the mark of Brandenburg. Extremely fine to uncirculated.)"

This type was struck at Berlin 1772-86 in substantial quantities and this is a common date. This denomination was struck in billon until 1806. When production resumed in 1821, it was converted to copper and struck in that form until 1873.

Recorded mintage: 351,072.

Specification: 0.81 g, 0.125 fine silver, 15.5 mm diameter, this specimen is 0,77 g.

Catalog reference: KM 328, Olding 151; Kluge 202.9.

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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