Prussia 1782-A 1/24 thaler

Stephen Album sale 32, lot 1204

This specimen was lot 1204 in Stephen Album sale 32 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2018), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "PRUSSIA: Friedrich II, 1740-1786, AR 1/24 thaler, 1782-A, struck in Berlin, PCGS graded MS65, ex Don Erickson Collection." This type was struck 1764-69 and 1781-86 at three mints and is very common. It equalled one groschen. It accompanied a 1/48 thaler (KM 327), a 1/12 thaler (KM 298, last struck 1771) and a 1/6 thaler (KM 299, last struck 1780).

Recorded mintage: 6,041,462.

Specification: 2.07 g, .222 fine silver, 19 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-296.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 32, featuring the Don Erickson Collection of German Coins, Part II and the Hazerfans Collection of Ottoman Empire Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2018.

Link to:

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