Prussia 1839-A friedrichs d'or Fr-2429
This specimen was lot 2385 in Künker sale 439 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €2,400 (about US$3,302 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH Friedrich Wilhelm III., 1797-1840. Friedrichs d'or 1839 A. GOLD. Leichte Belagreste, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (kingdom of Prussia, Frederick William III, 1797-1840, friedrichs d'or of 1839. Traces of residue, very fine to extremely fine.)"
This type was struck in Berlin 1825-40 and is listed in the SCWC as a "frederick d'or." The last friedrichs d'or was struck in 1855 (KM 469) and was replaced by the gold half krone (KM 493, struck 1861-69), which contained about 70/83 of the gold in the previous denomination. The gold krone was in turn superseded by the gold twenty mark of the German Empire.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.68 g, 0.903 fine gold, 23 mm diameter, this specimen 6,66 g.
Catalog reference: KM 415, Divo/S. 162; Fr-2429; Schl. 585; Olding 216.
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- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- 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, Frühjahrs-Auktion 439: Gold Coins from around the world, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Malta and Saxony | German Coins after 1871 including Coins from the Collection of Jürgen and Erika Schmidt, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.
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