Prussia 1808-G 18 kreuzer

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Künker sale 353, lot 4026

This specimen was lot 4026 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €3,800 (about US$5,289 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich Wilhelm III. 1797-1840. Die Münzstätte Glatz. 18 Kreuzer 1808, G. Prägung für Schlesien. Selten, besonders in dieser Erhaltung. Vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion H. D. Rauch 33, Wien 1984, Nr. 1260. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick William III, 1797-1840, eighteen kreuzer of 1808, struck for Silesia. Scarce in this quality, extremely fine.)"

The Glatz mint operated while Breslau, the site of the regular mint, was under French occupation. We don't know why this antique denomination, last struck in 1756, was coined. An even more obsolete nine kreuzer (KM 1068) was also struck.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 0.563 fine silver, this specimen 5,57 g.

Catalog reference: KM 1071, AKS 46; J. 14; Olding 142.

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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