Prussia 1806-A pfennig KM-383

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Künker sale 353, lot 4015

This specimen was lot 4015 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €80 (about US$111 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 kleiner Krone und schmalem W auf der Vorderseite sowie der römischen Wertzahl 1 auf der Rückseite. Sehr schön +. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick William III, 1797-1840, pfennig of 1806, struck for the middle provinces, with small crown and narrow W on the obverse and Roman number "I" on the reverse. Very fine or better.)"

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

Recorded mintage: unknown but fairly scarce.

Specification: 0.63 g, 0.052 fine silver, 14 mm diameter, this specimen 0,59 g.

Catalog reference: KM 373, J. 2 b; Olding 130 a.

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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