Prussia 1804-A 2 stuber
This specimen was lot 4020 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €500 (about US$696 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich Wilhelm III. 1797-1840. 2 Stüber 1804, A. Prägung für Ostfriesland. Sehr schön +. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick William III, 1797-1840, double stuiver of 1804, struck for East Friesland. Very fine or better.)"
This type was struck in the final years of Prussian rule in East Friesland. Napoleon seized it in 1807 and added it to his brother's kingdom of Holland, then annexed it to France proper in 1812.
Recorded mintage: 216,000.
Specification: billon, this specimen 1,82 g.
Catalog reference: KM 281 (listed under East Friesland), J. 8; Olding 135.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [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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