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This specimen was lot 3451 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €160 (about US$220 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. 8 Gute Groschen 1753, F, Magdeburg. RR Schön-sehr schön. Erworben am 14.8.1996 von Fritz Rudolf Künker, Osnabrück.'' ([[Germany]], [[German States, Prussia|kingdom of Prussia]], Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, eight good groschen of 1753, Magdeburg mint. Very rare, fine to very fine.)"</blockquote> This type was struck 1753-59, 1763. Tall and short busts were struck simultaneously but not normally at the same mint at the same time.
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This specimen was lot 3451 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €160 (about US$220 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. 8 Gute Groschen 1753, F, Magdeburg. RR Schön-sehr schön. Erworben am 14.8.1996 von Fritz Rudolf Künker, Osnabrück.'' ([[Germany]], [[German States, Prussia|kingdom of Prussia]], Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, eight good groschen of 1753, Magdeburg mint. Very rare, fine to very fine.)"</blockquote> This type was struck 1753-59, 1763. Tall and short busts were struck simultaneously but not normally at the same mint at the same time.
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

Latest revision as of 20:11, 30 November 2024

Künker sale 353, lot 3451

This specimen was lot 3451 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €160 (about US$220 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. 8 Gute Groschen 1753, F, Magdeburg. RR Schön-sehr schön. Erworben am 14.8.1996 von Fritz Rudolf Künker, Osnabrück. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, eight good groschen of 1753, Magdeburg mint. Very rare, fine to very fine.)"

This type was struck 1753-59, 1763. Tall and short busts were struck simultaneously but not normally at the same mint at the same time.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 8.35 g 0.666 fine silver, this specimen 7.96 g.

Catalog reference: KM 274.2 (tall bust), Olding 62 a; Kluge 82.1.

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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