Prussia 1840-A friedrichs d'or Fr-2429
This specimen was lot 3635 in Künker sale 264 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €3,300 (about US$4,263 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH Friedrich Wilhelm III. 1797-1840. Friedrichs d'or 1840, A. GOLD. Sehr attraktives Exemplar, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick William III, 1797-1840, frederick d'or of 1840, very attractive extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
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 The gold krone was in turn superseded by the gold twenty mark of the German Empire.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 but a common date.
Specification: 6.68 g, 0.903 fine gold, this specimen 6.67 g.
Catalog reference: Divo/S. 162; Fr-2429; Schl. 586; Olding 216, KM 415.
- 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 Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 264, Gold coins | Russian Coins and Medals | German Coins after 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015.
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