Prussia 1797-B groschen
This specimen was lot 3924 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €50 (about US$70 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich Wilhelm II. 1786-1797. Ku.-Groschen 1797, B, Breslau. Prägung für Südpreußen. Mit BORUSS. Sehr schön. Erworben am 9.4.1969. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick William II, 1786-97, copper groschen of 1797, Breslau mint, struck for South Prussia, with "BORUSS". Very fine.)"
This type was struck 1796-97 at Konigsberg and Breslau. Billon groschen also exist. South Prussia was the regime's name for 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, 21 mm diameter, this specimen 3,83 g.
Catalog reference: KM D362.1, J. 174; Olding 28 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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- 1796-E half groschen
- 1796-E copper groschen
- 1796 ⅔ thaler
- 1797-B schilling
- 1797-B half kreuzer
- 1797-B half groschen
- 1797-B groschel
- 1797-B 3 groschen
- 1797-A 4 groschen = 1/6 thaler
- 1797-E 4 groschen = 1/6 thaler
- 1797-E ⅓ thaler
- 1797 ⅔ thaler, palm branches on reverse
- 1797-A thaler, Friedrich Wilhelm II
- 1797-B thaler
- 1797 "Albertus" thaler
- 1797-A friedrichs d'or, Friedrich Wilhelm II
- 1797-B friedrichs d'or, Friedrich Wilhelm II
- 1797-A friedrichs d'or, Friedrich Wilhelm III
- 1798-A pattern thaler
- 1808-G groschel Glatz mint
- Coins and currency dated 1797