Prussia 1752-A 1/2 friedrichs d'or Fr-2387

Künker sale 352, lot 1826

This specimen was lot 1826 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €1,000 (about US$1,392 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. 1/2 Friedrichs d'or 1752, A, Berlin. GOLD. Winz. Probierspur am Rand, sehr schön. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, half frederick d'or of 1752, Berlin mint. Small test mark on edge, very fine.)"

This type was struck 1750-52. Another half frederick d'or (KM 271) was struck in 1752 with a bare bust of the king and an eagle with the trophies of war on the reverse. The halb friedrichs d'or traded for 2½ thalers.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.34 g, 0.903 fine gold, this specimen 3.29 g.

Catalog reference: KM 257, Fr-2387; Olding 405 b 1; Kluge 49.3.

Source:

• 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.
• 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 352: Die Sammlung Hermann Schwarz: Faszination des gepragten Goldes. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.

Link to:

• 1751-A halb friedrichs d’or
• 1751-B halb friedrichs d’or
• 1752-D quarter stuber, date on obverse
• 1752-D quarter stuber, date on reverse
• 1752-F 4 gute pfennig
• 1752-D 4 pfennig
• 1752-E groschen
• 1752-B kreuzer
• 1752-B 3 kreuzer
• 1752-B 2 groschel
• 1752-D mariengroschen
• 1752-F mariengroschen
• 1752-F 2 mariengroschen
• 1752-F 4 mariengroschen
• 1752-D 2 mariengroschen
• 1752-W E 3 groscher
• 1752-S E 6 groscher
• 1752-A 1/48 thaler
• 1752-B 1/48 thaler
• (1752)-A 1/24 thaler, muled dies
• 1752-A 1/24 thaler, date on reverse
• 1752-A 1/12 thaler, bare bust
• 1752-B 1/12 thaler
• 1752-C 1/12 thaler
• 1752-D 1/12 thaler
• 1752-F 1/12 thaler
• 1752-A 1/6 thaler, armored bust
• 1752-A 1/6 thaler, bare bust
• 1752-B 1/6 thaler
• 1752-F 1/6 thaler
• 1752-E 18 groscher
• 1752-S E 18 groscher
• 1752-B 18 kreuzer
• 1752-B quarter thaler
• 1752-B half thaler
• 1752-A thaler
• 1752-C thaler
• 1752-A halb friedrichs d'or, bare bust
• 1752-B halb friedrichs d'or
• 1752-A friedrichs d'or, bare bust
• 1752-B friedrichs d'or, uniformed bust
• 1752-A friedrichs d'or, uniformed bust
• 1752-C friedrichs d'or
• Prussia 1753-A 1/2 friedrichs d'or Fr-2393
• Prussia 1753-C 1/2 friedrichs d'or Fr-2403 Cleves mint
• Coins and currency dated 1752