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[[Image:K353-3665.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 353, lot 3665]]
 
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This specimen was lot 3665 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €50 (about US$70 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. Schilling 1742, CS, Königsberg. Prägung für die Provinz Preußen. Münzmeister Christian Schirmer.Rauher Schrötling, sehr schön.'' ([[Germany]], [[German States, Prussia|kingdom of Prussia]], Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, schilling of 1742, Königsberg mint, struck for the province of Prussia. Rough fields, very fine.)"</blockquote> This type was struck 1741-43 with mintmaster's initials and 1752-56 with mintmark "E" (KM 223.2). This denomination was struck for East Prussia for the rest of the eighteenth century.
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This specimen was lot 3665 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €50 (about US$70 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. Schilling 1742, CS, Königsberg. Prägung für die Provinz Preußen. Münzmeister Christian Schirmer.Rauher Schrötling, sehr schön.'' ([[Germany]], [[German States, Prussia|kingdom of Prussia]], Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, schilling of 1742, Königsberg mint, struck for the province of Prussia. Rough fields, very fine.)"</blockquote> This type was struck 1741-43 with mintmaster's initials and 1752-56 with mintmark "E" (KM 223.2). This denomination was struck for East Prussia for the rest of the eighteenth century.
  
 
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''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
 
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* Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.  
 
* Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.  
* <sup>[1]</sup>Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, ''Künker Auktion 353: Die Sammlung Axel Tesmer, Teil 2: Pragungen der Konige von Preussen von der Kroning 1701 bis zum Ende der Monarchie.'' Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.  
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* <sup>[1]</sup>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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Künker sale 353, lot 3665

This specimen was lot 3665 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €50 (about US$70 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. Schilling 1742, CS, Königsberg. Prägung für die Provinz Preußen. Münzmeister Christian Schirmer.Rauher Schrötling, sehr schön. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, schilling of 1742, Königsberg mint, struck for the province of Prussia. Rough fields, very fine.)"

This type was struck 1741-43 with mintmaster's initials and 1752-56 with mintmark "E" (KM 223.2). This denomination was struck for East Prussia for the rest of the eighteenth century.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 0.72 g, 0.062 fine silver, 15 mm diameter, this specimen 0,59 g.

Catalog reference: KM 223.1, Olding 234; Kluge 246.2.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [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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