Prussia 1790-B 1/3 thaler
This specimen was lot 3907 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €300 (about US$418 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich Wilhelm II. 1786-1797. 1/3 Reichstaler preuß. 1790, B, Breslau. Äußerst seltener Jahrgang. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. Erworben im November 2000. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick William II, 1786-97, one third thaler of 1790, Breslau mint. Extremely rare date, very fine to extremely fine.)"
The 1/12 thaler was retired in 1772 and the 1/6 thaler was retired in 1778 but this denomination carried on to the end of the century. One third thaler was half a gulden. This type was struck 1786-98 at Berlin, Breslau and Konigsberg.
Recorded mintage: 49,761, a common date per the SCWC.
Specification: 8.35 g, 0.666 fine silver, this specimen 8.28 g.
Catalog reference: KM 344, J. -; Olding 8.
- 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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