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* [[Prussia 1760 schilling|1760 schilling]] Russian occupation | * [[Prussia 1760 schilling|1760 schilling]] Russian occupation | ||
* [[Prussia 1760 groscher]], Russian occupation | * [[Prussia 1760 groscher]], Russian occupation | ||
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* [[Prussia 1760 6 groscher]] Russian occupation | * [[Prussia 1760 6 groscher]] Russian occupation | ||
* [[Prussia 1760-A 1/48 thaler]] | * [[Prussia 1760-A 1/48 thaler]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:40, 11 December 2025
This specimen was lot 3847 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €1,700 (about US$2,366 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Ostpreußen unter russischer Besatzung. 2-Gröscher 1760, ohne Münzzeichen, Königsberg. RR Sehr schön-vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Westfälische Auktionsgesellschaft 7, Dortmund 1996, Nr. 260. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, East Prussia under Russian occupation, two groscher of 1760, without mintmark, Königsberg mint. Very rare, very fine to extremely 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 (shown here), three groscher (KM 289), six groscher (KM B290) and eighteen groscher (KM C290) were struck. The six groscher is the most common.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.46 g, billon, 18 mm diameter, this specimen is 1.46 g.
Catalog reference: KM 288, Olding 458 a; Kluge K 30.2.
- 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.
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