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[[Image:K353-4049.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 353, lot 4049]] | [[Image:K353-4049.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 353, lot 4049]] | ||
| − | This specimen was lot 4049 in Künker sale 353 ( | + | This specimen was lot 4049 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €380 (about US$529 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich Wilhelm III. 1797-1840. 2/3 Taler 1801, Berlin. Handelsmünze. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. Die 2/3 Taler waren für den Handel mit Hannover, Mecklenburg und Pommern bestimmt.'' ([[Germany]], [[German States, Prussia|kingdom of Prussia]], Frederick William III, 1797-1840, two-thirds thaler of 1801, Berlin mint, trade coin. Very fine to extremely fine. This denomination was struck for trade with Hannover, Mecklenburg and Pomerania.)"</blockquote> This gulden was worth two-thirds of a reichs thaler or half a convention thaler. Similar demands of trade caused another issue in 1810 (KM 392). |
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ||
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* [[Prussia 1802-A 4 groschen|1802-A 4 groschen]] = 1/6 thaler | * [[Prussia 1802-A 4 groschen|1802-A 4 groschen]] = 1/6 thaler | ||
* [[Prussia 1802-B thaler Dav-755|1802-B thaler]] | * [[Prussia 1802-B thaler Dav-755|1802-B thaler]] | ||
| + | * [[Prussia 1810 2/3 thaler|1810 ⅔ thaler]] | ||
* [[Coins and currency dated 1801]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1801]] | ||
[[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]][[Category: Minor coinage of the German states]] | ||
Latest revision as of 23:39, 30 November 2024
This specimen was lot 4049 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €380 (about US$529 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich Wilhelm III. 1797-1840. 2/3 Taler 1801, Berlin. Handelsmünze. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. Die 2/3 Taler waren für den Handel mit Hannover, Mecklenburg und Pommern bestimmt. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick William III, 1797-1840, two-thirds thaler of 1801, Berlin mint, trade coin. Very fine to extremely fine. This denomination was struck for trade with Hannover, Mecklenburg and Pomerania.)"
This gulden was worth two-thirds of a reichs thaler or half a convention thaler. Similar demands of trade caused another issue in 1810 (KM 392).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 17.32 g, 0.750 fine silver, this specimen 17,14 g.
Catalog reference: KM 363, J. 184; Kahnt 359; Olding 177.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [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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