Prussia 1797-B schilling
This specimen was lot 3926 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €240 (about US$334 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich Wilhelm II. 1786-1797. Ku.-Schilling 1797, B, Breslau. Prägung für Südpreußen. Fast vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Berliner-Münzcabinet 18, Berlin 1983, Nr. 746. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick William II, 1786-97, copper schilling of 1797, Breslau mint, struck for South Prussia. About extremely fine.)"
This type was struck 1796-97 at Konigsberg and Breslau. 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 but somewhat scarce.
Specification: 1.30 g, copper, 15 mm diameter, this specimen 1,43 g.
Catalog reference: KM 362.1, J. 171; Olding 31.
- 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 half kreuzer
- 1797-B half groschen
- 1797-B groschel
- 1797-B groschen
- 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
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