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This specimen was lot 3310 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €85 (about US$118 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich Wilhelm I. der Soldatenkönig, 1713-1740. Schilling 1715, CG, Königsberg. Prägung für das Herzogtum Preußen. Münzmeister Caspar Geelhaar. Fast vorzüglich.'' ([[Germany]], [[German States, Prussia|kingdom of Prussia]], Frederick William I, the Soldier King, 1713-40, schilling of 1715, Königsberg mint, struck for the duchy of Prussia. About extremely fine.)"</blockquote> This type, along with a three, six and eighteen groscher, was struck in 1714-26 for use in Prussia and neighboring Poland.
 
This specimen was lot 3310 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €85 (about US$118 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich Wilhelm I. der Soldatenkönig, 1713-1740. Schilling 1715, CG, Königsberg. Prägung für das Herzogtum Preußen. Münzmeister Caspar Geelhaar. Fast vorzüglich.'' ([[Germany]], [[German States, Prussia|kingdom of Prussia]], Frederick William I, the Soldier King, 1713-40, schilling of 1715, Königsberg mint, struck for the duchy of Prussia. About extremely fine.)"</blockquote> This type, along with a three, six and eighteen groscher, was struck in 1714-26 for use in Prussia and neighboring Poland.

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Künker sale 353, lot 3310

This specimen was lot 3310 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €85 (about US$118 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich Wilhelm I. der Soldatenkönig, 1713-1740. Schilling 1715, CG, Königsberg. Prägung für das Herzogtum Preußen. Münzmeister Caspar Geelhaar. Fast vorzüglich. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick William I, the Soldier King, 1713-40, schilling of 1715, Königsberg mint, struck for the duchy of Prussia. About extremely fine.)"

This type, along with a three, six and eighteen groscher, was struck in 1714-26 for use in Prussia and neighboring Poland.

Recorded mintage: 1,343,598 for 1714-15.

Specification: 0.72 g, 0.062 fine silver, 16 mm diameter, this specimen 0,69 g.

Catalog reference: KM 120, v. Schr. 505; Olding 277.

Source:

  • 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: Pragungen der Konige von Preussen von der Kroning 1701 bis zum Ende der Monarchie. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.

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