Prussia 1806-A pfennig KM-373

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Künker sale 353, lot 4013

This specimen specimen was lot 4013 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €340 (about US$473 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich Wilhelm III. 1797-1840. Pfennig 1806, A. Prägung für die mittleren Provinzen. Mit großer Krone und breitem W auf der Vorderseite. RR Etwas poröser Schrötling, sehr schön. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick William III, 1797-1840, pfennig of 1806, struck for the middle provinces, with large crown and wide W on the obverse. Very fine, struck on a porous planchet.)"

The period 1801-06 marks the transition from the traditional billon pfennige to the new copper pfennige. The SCWC notes KM 373 (large W, shown here) and KM 383 (small W) and a copper type (KM 372). When the denomination was resumed in 1810, it was a copper coin.

Recorded mintage: unknown but fairly common.

Specification: 0.63 g, 0.052 fine silver, 14 mm diameter, this specimen 0,53 g.

Catalog reference: KM 373, AKS 39 Anm.; J. zu 2 a; Olding 129.

Source:

  • 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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