Prussia 1796-E groschen
This specimen was lot 3927 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €1,700 (about US$2,366 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich Wilhelm II. 1786-1797. Ku.-Groschen 1796, E, Königsberg. Prägung für Südpreußen. Mit BORUS REX. Äußerst selten. Prachtexemplar. Winz. Schrötlingsfehler am Rand, Stempelglanz. Exemplar der Auktion Westfälische Auktionsgesellschaft 23, Dortmund 2003, Nr. 558. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick William II, 1786-97, copper groschen of 1796, Königsberg mint, struck for South Prussia, with "BORUS REX". Extremely rare, choice example, minor planchet flaws, uncirculated.)"
This rare type was struck 1796-98 at Breslau and Königsberg. Billon groschen were also struck and are much more common. South Prussia was the regime's name of the part of Poland seized in the second partition. Most of it was expropriated by Napoleon to form the Grand Duchy of Warsaw in 1807.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.90 g, copper, this specimen 3,78 g.
Catalog reference: KM D362.2, J. 175; Olding 33 a.
- 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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