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[[Image:K353-3750.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 353, lot 3750]]
 
[[Image:K353-3750.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 353, lot 3750]]
  
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This specimen was lot 3750 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €100 (about US$139 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. Kreuzer 1766, B, Breslau. Prägung für die Provinz Schlesien. Berliner Typ. Dunkle Patina, kl. Schrötlingsfehler, sehr schön +.'' ([[Germany]], [[German States, Prussia|kingdom of Prussia]], Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, kreuzer of 1766, Breslau mint, struck for the province of Silesia, Berlin type. Dark toning, minor planchet flaws, very fine or better.)"</blockquote> This type was struck for Silesia 1764-65. The kreuzer, a hold over from Austrian rule, was struck there until 1797.
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This specimen was lot 3750 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €100 (about US$139 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. Kreuzer 1766, B, Breslau. Prägung für die Provinz Schlesien. Berliner Typ. Dunkle Patina, kl. Schrötlingsfehler, sehr schön +.'' ([[Germany]], [[German States, Prussia|kingdom of Prussia]], Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, kreuzer of 1766, Breslau mint, struck for the province of Silesia, Berlin type. Dark toning, minor planchet flaws, very fine or better.)"</blockquote> This type was struck for Silesia 1764-65. The kreuzer, a hold over from Austrian rule, was struck there until 1797.
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 1,113,000.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 1,113,000.
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''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
 
''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
 
* 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.
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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: 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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* [[Prussia 1766-A 1/2 thaler|1766-A half thaler]]
 
* [[Prussia 1766-A 1/2 thaler|1766-A half thaler]]
 
* [[Prussia 1766-A thaler Dav-2586|1766-A thaler]]
 
* [[Prussia 1766-A thaler Dav-2586|1766-A thaler]]
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* [[Prussia 1766 thaler Dav-2595|1766 "Levant" thaler]]
 
* [[Prussia 1766-B 1/2 friedrichs d’or Fr-2409|1766-B ''halb friedrichs d'or'']]
 
* [[Prussia 1766-B 1/2 friedrichs d’or Fr-2409|1766-B ''halb friedrichs d'or'']]
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* [[Prussia 1766-A 2 friedrichs d'or Fr-2405|1766-A ''doppelter friedrichs d'or'']]
 
* [[Prussia 1767-B 1/2 thaler|1767-B half thaler]]
 
* [[Prussia 1767-B 1/2 thaler|1767-B half thaler]]
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* [[Prussia 1786-B kreuzer|1786-B kreuzer]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1766]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1766]]
  
 
[[Category:Minor coinage of the German states]][[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 351, 352, 353, 354]]
 
[[Category:Minor coinage of the German states]][[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 351, 352, 353, 354]]

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Künker sale 353, lot 3750

This specimen was lot 3750 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €100 (about US$139 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. Kreuzer 1766, B, Breslau. Prägung für die Provinz Schlesien. Berliner Typ. Dunkle Patina, kl. Schrötlingsfehler, sehr schön +. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, kreuzer of 1766, Breslau mint, struck for the province of Silesia, Berlin type. Dark toning, minor planchet flaws, very fine or better.)"

This type was struck for Silesia 1764-65. The kreuzer, a hold over from Austrian rule, was struck there until 1797.

Recorded mintage: 1,113,000.

Specification: billon, this specimen is 0,76 g.

Catalog reference: KM 1011 (listed under Silesia), Olding 312; Kluge 308.1.

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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