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''Catalog reference:'' Olding 405a1. Kluge 49.1. Fr-2387, KM 257. | ''Catalog reference:'' Olding 405a1. Kluge 49.1. Fr-2387, KM 257. | ||
Revision as of 17:53, 28 February 2024
This specimen was lot 234 in Sincona sale 63 (Zurich, June 2020), where it sold for 675 CHF (about US$846 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DEUTSCHLAND | Brandenburg / Prussia, Friedrich II. 1740-1786. 1/2 Friedrichs d'or 1750 A, Berlin. Schön-sehr schön. Justiert. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II, 1740-86, half frederick d'or of 1750, Berlin mint. Fine-very fine, Adjustment marks.)"
Altho Frederick began his reign by minting ducats, in 1741 he switched to friedrichs d'or, a renamed version of the wilhelm d'or minted by his father. The early issues are rare but the coin later came to be quite common and was imitated by other North German states as a five thaler gold coin. This rare half friedrichs d'or, struck 1750-52, was worth 2½ thalers. In 1750, the mints were reorganized and the mintmaster's initials dropped in favor of mintmarks (A = Berlin, B = Breslau, C = Cleve, D = Aurich, E = Konigsberg, F = Magdeburg and G = Stettin).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.34 g, 0.903 fine gold, this specimen 3.29 g.
Catalog reference: Olding 405a1. Kluge 49.1. Fr-2387, KM 257.
- 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.
- [1]Richter, Jurg, Sincona sale 63: Gold and Silver Coins and Medals, SINCONA Bullion Auction, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2020.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
Link to:
- 1749-CHI halb friedrichs d'or
- 1749-ALS friedrichs d'or
- 1749-W AHE friedrichs d'or, Breslau mint
- 1749-ALS doppelter friedrichs d'or
- 1749-W AHE doppelter friedrichs d'or, Breslau mint
- 1750-AHE 2 groschel
- 1750-B 1/48 thaler
- 1750-B 1/12 thaler
- 1750-A 1/6 thaler
- 1750-B 1/6 thaler
- 1750-A quarter thaler
- 1750-A half thaler
- 1750-A thaler
- 1750-B thaler
- 1750-A halb friedrichs d'or, bare bust
- 1750-A friedrichs d'or, bare bust
- 1750-A friedrichs d'or, uniformed bust
- 1750-B friedrichs d'or, uniformed bust
- 1750-A doppelter friedrichs d'or, uniformed bust
- Coins and currency dated 1750