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[[Image:K353-3840.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 353, lot 3840]] | [[Image:K353-3840.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 353, lot 3840]] | ||
| − | This specimen was lot 3840 in Künker sale 353 ( | + | This specimen was lot 3840 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €700 (about US$974 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Ostpreußen unter russischer Besatzung. 6-Gröscher 1762, ohne Münzzeichen, Königsberg. Mit MONETA REGNI PRUSS auf der Rückseite. Sehr schön. Exemplar der Auktion Gießener Münzhandlung 27, München 1984, Nr. 1758.'' ([[Germany]], [[German States, Prussia|kingdom of Prussia]], East Prussia under Russian occupation, six groscher of 1762, without mintmark, Königsberg mint, with "MONETA REGNI PRUSS" on the reverse. Very fine.)"</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 1761 schilling|KM 286]]), groschen ([[Prussia 1761 groscher|KM 287]]), two groscher ([[Prussia 1761 2 groscher|KM 288]]), three groscher ([[Prussia 1761 3 groscher|KM A290]]), six groscher (shown here) and eighteen groscher (KM C290) were struck. The six groscher is the most common. |
''Recorded mintage:'' 120,000. | ''Recorded mintage:'' 120,000. | ||
Latest revision as of 18:44, 30 November 2024
This specimen was lot 3840 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €700 (about US$974 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Ostpreußen unter russischer Besatzung. 6-Gröscher 1762, ohne Münzzeichen, Königsberg. Mit MONETA REGNI PRUSS auf der Rückseite. Sehr schön. Exemplar der Auktion Gießener Münzhandlung 27, München 1984, Nr. 1758. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, East Prussia under Russian occupation, six groscher of 1762, without mintmark, Königsberg mint, with "MONETA REGNI PRUSS" on the reverse. Very fine.)"
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 A290), six groscher (shown here) and eighteen groscher (KM C290) were struck. The six groscher is the most common.
Recorded mintage: 120,000.
Specification: billon, 22-23 mm diameter, this specimen is 2,78 g.
Catalog reference: KM B290, Olding 454 a; Kluge K 28.4.
- 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 1760 6 groscher Russian occupation
- Kosel 1761 kreuzer siege coinage
- Prussia 1761 schilling Russian occupation
- Kosel 1761 groschel siege coinage
- Kosel 1761 gute groschen siege coinage
- Prussia 1761 groscher, Russian occupation
- Prussia 1761 2 groscher Russian occupation
- Prussia 1761 3 groscher Russian occupation
- Prussia 1761-D mariengroschen
- Prussia 1761 1/6 thaler, Russian occupation
- Prussia 1761 1/3 thaler, Russian occupation
- 1763-D 3 pfennig
- 1763-B kreuzer
- 1763-B 3 kreuzer
- 1763-G 1/48 thaler
- 1763-A 1/24 thaler
- 1763-B 1/24 thaler
- 1763-C 1/24 thaler
- 1763-F 1/24 thaler
- 1763-G 1/24 thaler
- 1763-E 6 groscher, struck in gold
- 1763-A 8 gute groschen
- 1763-B 1/6 thaler
- 1763-F 1/6 thaler
- Coins and currency dated 1762