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This specimen was lot 3862 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €14,000 (about US$19,484 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. Levantetaler 1766, Berlin oder Magdeburg. Handelsmünze. Geharnischtes Brustbild r. mit Lorbeerkranz und umgelegtem Mantel//Gekrönter Adler mit Schwert und Zepter in den Fängen, auf der Brust gekröntes, mehrfeldiges Wappen, umher die Kette des Schwarzen Adlerordens. Mit Randschrift: SUUM (Verzierungen) CUIQUE (Verzierungen). RR Vorzüglich +. Exemplar der Auktion Westfälische Auktionsgesellschaft 24, Dortmund 2004, Nr. 46. Auch die jüngere numismatische Forschung konnte nicht klären, ob diese seltene Handelsmünze in Magdeburg oder Berlin geprägt wurde.'' ([[Germany]], [[German States, Prussia|kingdom of Prussia]], Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, Levant thaler of 1766, Berlin or Magdeburg mint, struck for foreign trade. Obverse: armored, laureate and mantled bust right; reverse: crowned eagle with sword and scepter in its claws, crowned manifold arms on its breast, Order of the Black Eagle around. Edge lettered SUUM (decoration) CUIQUE (decoration). Very rare, extremely fine or better. Our latest research has not been able to determine whether this rare coin was struck at Berlin or Magdeburg.)"</blockquote> The Prussian thaler was too light and debased to circulate outside her boundaries. This issue may have been an experiment to create an internationally acceptable coin. It was a failure. The weight given in the SCWC (22.72 g, 0.750 fine) cannot be correct; we have used the weight of a [[Austria 1767-ICSK thaler Dav-1115|Maria Theresia thaler]], which this coin strongly resembles.
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This specimen was lot 3862 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €14,000 (about US$19,484 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. Levantetaler 1766, Berlin oder Magdeburg. Handelsmünze. Geharnischtes Brustbild r. mit Lorbeerkranz und umgelegtem Mantel//Gekrönter Adler mit Schwert und Zepter in den Fängen, auf der Brust gekröntes, mehrfeldiges Wappen, umher die Kette des Schwarzen Adlerordens. Mit Randschrift: SUUM (Verzierungen) CUIQUE (Verzierungen). RR Vorzüglich +. Exemplar der Auktion Westfälische Auktionsgesellschaft 24, Dortmund 2004, Nr. 46. Auch die jüngere numismatische Forschung konnte nicht klären, ob diese seltene Handelsmünze in Magdeburg oder Berlin geprägt wurde.'' ([[Germany]], [[German States, Prussia|kingdom of Prussia]], Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, Levant thaler of 1766, Berlin or Magdeburg mint, struck for foreign trade. Obverse: armored, laureate and mantled bust right; reverse: crowned eagle with sword and scepter in its claws, crowned manifold arms on its breast, Order of the Black Eagle around. Edge lettered SUUM (decoration) CUIQUE (decoration). Very rare, extremely fine or better. Our latest research has not been able to determine whether this rare coin was struck at Berlin or Magdeburg.)"</blockquote> The Prussian thaler was too light and debased to circulate outside her boundaries. This issue may have been an experiment to create an internationally acceptable coin. It was a failure. The weight given in the SCWC (22.72 g, 0.750 fine) cannot be correct; we have used the weight of a [[Austria 1767-ICSK thaler Dav-1115|Maria Theresia thaler]], which this coin strongly resembles.
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 72 for 1766-67.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 72 for 1766-67.

Revision as of 23:33, 30 November 2024

Künker sale 353, lot 3862

This specimen was lot 3862 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €14,000 (about US$19,484 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. Levantetaler 1766, Berlin oder Magdeburg. Handelsmünze. Geharnischtes Brustbild r. mit Lorbeerkranz und umgelegtem Mantel//Gekrönter Adler mit Schwert und Zepter in den Fängen, auf der Brust gekröntes, mehrfeldiges Wappen, umher die Kette des Schwarzen Adlerordens. Mit Randschrift: SUUM (Verzierungen) CUIQUE (Verzierungen). RR Vorzüglich +. Exemplar der Auktion Westfälische Auktionsgesellschaft 24, Dortmund 2004, Nr. 46. Auch die jüngere numismatische Forschung konnte nicht klären, ob diese seltene Handelsmünze in Magdeburg oder Berlin geprägt wurde. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, Levant thaler of 1766, Berlin or Magdeburg mint, struck for foreign trade. Obverse: armored, laureate and mantled bust right; reverse: crowned eagle with sword and scepter in its claws, crowned manifold arms on its breast, Order of the Black Eagle around. Edge lettered SUUM (decoration) CUIQUE (decoration). Very rare, extremely fine or better. Our latest research has not been able to determine whether this rare coin was struck at Berlin or Magdeburg.)"

The Prussian thaler was too light and debased to circulate outside her boundaries. This issue may have been an experiment to create an internationally acceptable coin. It was a failure. The weight given in the SCWC (22.72 g, 0.750 fine) cannot be correct; we have used the weight of a Maria Theresia thaler, which this coin strongly resembles.

Recorded mintage: 72 for 1766-67.

Specification: 28.06 g, 0.833 fine silver, this specimen is 28,03 g.

Catalog reference: KM 317, Dav-2595; Olding 371; Kluge 320.1.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1965.
  • [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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