Prussia 1841-D 1/6 thaler
This specimen was lot 4115 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €170 (about US$237 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich Wilhelm IV. 1840-1861. 1/6 Taler 1841, D. Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. Erworben am 18.12.1974. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick William IV, 1840-61, one sixth thaler of 1841. Extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
The sixth thaler was the only minor denomination to survive the reform of 1821 unmodified in weight or module. This system obtained until German unification in 1871. This type was struck 1841-45.
Recorded mintage: 679,828, a fairly common date.
Specification: 5.35 g, 0.531 fine silver, this specimen 5.33 g.
Catalog reference: KM 436.1, AKS 80; J. 68; Olding 313.
- 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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