Prussia 1782-B 3 kreuzer

Stephen Album sale 52, lot 2718

This specimen was lot 2718 in Steve Album Auction 52 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $84. The catalog description^[1] noted, "POLAND: EAST PRUSSIA: Frederick II (the Great), 1740-1786, BI 3 kreuzer, 1782-B, minted at Wroclaw Poland, popular coin with lots of luster and a flan flaw from the mint on the eagle." This type was struck at Breslau and Berlin 1771-86 in large numbers. Numista comments, "The 3 Kreuzer coins minted in Breslau for the province of Silesia are identical and equivalent to the 3 Gröscher minted in Berlin. The coins with the different B (Breslau) are Kreuzer and those with the different A (Berlin) or E (Königsberg) are Gröscher."

Recorded mintage: 537,000.

Specification: 1.67 g, 0.173 fine silver, 18.9 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-1023 (listed under Silesia).

Source:

• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Dustin Wagner, Auction 52, featuring the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection and the Almer H. Orr III Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.

Links to:

• 1765-B 3 kreuzer
• 1776-E 3 groscher
• 1782 half stuber
• Prussia 1782-A 3 kreuzer
• 1782-A 1/24 thaler
• 1782-A thaler
• 1782-A friedrichs d'or
• 1785-A 3 groscher
• Coins and currency dated 1782