Prussia 1796-B thaler Dav-2599

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Künker sale 385, lot 3598

This specimen was lot 3598 in Künker sale 385 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €460 (about US$595 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich Wilhelm II. 1786-1797. Reichstaler preuß. 1796, B, Breslau. Feine Patina, min. justiert, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (kingdom of Prussia, Frederick William II, 1786-97, thaler of 1796, Breslau mint. Fine patina, minor adjustment marks, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"

This type was struck 1791-97 at Berlin, Breslau and Konigsberg.

Recorded mintage: 161,380.

Specification: 22.27 g, 0.750 fine silver, this specimen 22.20 g.

Catalog reference: KM 360.3, Dav-2599; J. 25; Olding 7.

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1965.
  • 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, Katalog 385: Absolutismus, Aufklärung und Französische Revolution im Spiegel von Münzen und Medaillen - Die Sammlung Bader, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023.

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