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This specimen was lot 3467 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €240 (about US$334 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. Reichstaler preuß. 1777, A, Berlin. Greisenantlitz. Winz. Schrötlingsfehler, vorzüglich. Erworben am 02.08.1974.'' ([[Germany]], [[German States, Prussia|kingdom of Prussia]], Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, thaler of 1777, Berlin mint, old head. Minor field marks, extremely fine.)"</blockquote> This type was struck at Berlin, Breslau and Königsberg 1775-86, replacing a ''reichsthaler with a younger bust''. The Aurich, Cleve and Magdeburg mints did not participate, having closed earlier. This is a common date.
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This specimen was lot 3467 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €240 (about US$334 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. Reichstaler preuß. 1777, A, Berlin. Greisenantlitz. Winz. Schrötlingsfehler, vorzüglich. Erworben am 02.08.1974.'' ([[Germany]], [[German States, Prussia|kingdom of Prussia]], Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, thaler of 1777, Berlin mint, old head. Minor field marks, extremely fine.)"</blockquote> This type was struck at Berlin, Breslau and Königsberg 1775-86, replacing a ''reichsthaler with a younger bust''. The Aurich, Cleve and Magdeburg mints did not participate, having closed earlier. This is a common date.
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 419,637.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 419,637.

Latest revision as of 23:22, 30 November 2024

Künker sale 353, lot 3467

This specimen was lot 3467 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €240 (about US$334 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. Reichstaler preuß. 1777, A, Berlin. Greisenantlitz. Winz. Schrötlingsfehler, vorzüglich. Erworben am 02.08.1974. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, thaler of 1777, Berlin mint, old head. Minor field marks, extremely fine.)"

This type was struck at Berlin, Breslau and Königsberg 1775-86, replacing a reichsthaler with a younger bust. The Aurich, Cleve and Magdeburg mints did not participate, having closed earlier. This is a common date.

Recorded mintage: 419,637.

Specification: 22.27 g, 0.750 fine silver, this specimen is 21,88 g.

Catalog reference: KM 332.1, Dav-2590; Olding 70; Kluge 122.3.

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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