Prussia 1808-G 9 kreuzer

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Künker sale 353, lot 4027

This specimen was lot 4027 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. Die Münzstätte Glatz. 9 Kreuzer 1808, G. Prägung für Schlesien. Leichte Prägeschwäche, sehr schön. Erworben am 16.3.1969. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick William III, 1797-1840, nine kreuzer of 1808, struck for Silesia. Weakly struck, very 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 was coined. An obsolete eighteen kreuzer (KM 1071) was also struck.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: billon, this specimen 3,12 g.

Catalog reference: KM 1068, AKS 47; J. 13; Olding 143 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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