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[[Image:K353-3836.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 353, lot 3836]] | [[Image:K353-3836.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 353, lot 3836]] | ||
| − | This specimen was lot 3836 in Künker sale 353 ( | + | This specimen was lot 3836 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €350 (about US$487 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Ostpreußen unter russischer Besatzung. 6-Gröscher 1760, ohne Münzzeichen, Königsberg. Sehr schön +. Exemplar der Auktion Meister & Sonntag 3, Stuttgart 2005, Nr. 1501.'' ([[Germany]], [[German States, Prussia|kingdom of Prussia]], East Prussia under Russian occupation, six groscher of 1760, without mintmark, Königsberg mint. Very fine or better.)"</blockquote> The Russian army occupied East Prussia 1759-62 during the Seven Years' War. During that period, the Königsberg mint was used to strike a strange hybrid of German denominations with the bust of empress Elizabeth. Schilling ([[Prussia 1759 schilling|KM 286]]), groschen ([[Prussia 1759 groscher|KM 287]]), two groscher (KM 288), three groscher (KM 289, A290), six groscher (shown here) and eighteen groscher (KM C290) were struck. The six groscher is the most common. |
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* [[Prussia 1760 groscher]], Russian occupation | * [[Prussia 1760 groscher]], Russian occupation | ||
* [[Prussia 1760 2 groscher]] Russian occupation | * [[Prussia 1760 2 groscher]] Russian occupation | ||
| + | * [[Prussia 1760 3 groscher]] Russian occupation | ||
* [[Prussia 1760-A 1/48 thaler]] | * [[Prussia 1760-A 1/48 thaler]] | ||
* [[Prussia 1760-A 3 pfennig]] | * [[Prussia 1760-A 3 pfennig]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:41, 11 December 2025
This specimen was lot 3836 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €350 (about US$487 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Ostpreußen unter russischer Besatzung. 6-Gröscher 1760, ohne Münzzeichen, Königsberg. Sehr schön +. Exemplar der Auktion Meister & Sonntag 3, Stuttgart 2005, Nr. 1501. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, East Prussia under Russian occupation, six groscher of 1760, without mintmark, Königsberg mint. Very fine or better.)"
The Russian army occupied East Prussia 1759-62 during the Seven Years' War. During that period, the Königsberg mint was used to strike a strange hybrid of German denominations with the bust of empress Elizabeth. Schilling (KM 286), groschen (KM 287), two groscher (KM 288), three groscher (KM 289, A290), six groscher (shown here) and eighteen groscher (KM C290) were struck. The six groscher is the most common.
Recorded mintage: 488,782.
Specification: billon, 22-23 mm diameter, this specimen is 2.69 g.
Catalog reference: KM B290, Olding 454 a; Kluge K 28.2.
- 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.
Link to:
- Prussia 1759 schilling Russian occupation
- Prussia 1759 groscher Russian occupation
- Prussia 1759 2 groscher Russian occupation
- Prussia 1759 3 groscher Russian occupation
- Prussia 1759 6 groscher Russian occupation
- Prussia 1759 18 groschen Russian occupation
- 1759-A 1/6 thaler
- 1759-B 8 gute groschen
- 1759-F 8 gute groschen
- 1759 ⅓ thaler, Dresden mint, no mint mark
- 1759-A ⅓ thaler
- 1760 schilling Russian occupation
- Prussia 1760 groscher, Russian occupation
- Prussia 1760 2 groscher Russian occupation
- Prussia 1760 3 groscher Russian occupation
- Prussia 1760-A 1/48 thaler
- Prussia 1760-A 3 pfennig
- Prussia 1761 groscher, Russian occupation
- Prussia 1761 1/6 thaler, Russian occupation
- Prussia 1761 1/3 thaler, Russian occupation
- Coins and currency dated 1760