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This specimen was lot 4124 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €400 (about US$557 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich Wilhelm IV. 1840-1861. 1/6 Taler 1860, A. Prägung nach dem Wiener Münzvertrag von 1857. R Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz.'' ([[Germany]], [[German States, Prussia|kingdom of Prussia]], Frederick William IV, 1840-61, one sixth thaler of 1860, struck in accordance with the Vienna Coinage Treaty of 1857. Rare, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"</blockquote> This type was struck 1858-60 and is rather scarce. The one-sixth thaler was one of many minor denominations struck alongside the better known thalers and gold coins. It was issued steadily 1809-68, when the unification of 1871 rendered it obsolete.  
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This specimen was lot 4124 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €400 (about US$557 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich Wilhelm IV. 1840-1861. 1/6 Taler 1860, A. Prägung nach dem Wiener Münzvertrag von 1857. R Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz.'' ([[Germany]], [[German States, Prussia|kingdom of Prussia]], Frederick William IV, 1840-61, one sixth thaler of 1860, struck in accordance with the Vienna Coinage Treaty of 1857. Rare, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"</blockquote> This type was struck 1858-60 and is rather scarce. The one-sixth thaler was one of many minor denominations struck alongside the better known thalers and gold coins. It was issued steadily 1809-68, when the unification of 1871 rendered it obsolete.  
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 96,212, rather scarce.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 96,212, rather scarce.

Latest revision as of 19:57, 1 December 2024

Künker sale 353, lot 4124

This specimen was lot 4124 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €400 (about US$557 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich Wilhelm IV. 1840-1861. 1/6 Taler 1860, A. Prägung nach dem Wiener Münzvertrag von 1857. R Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick William IV, 1840-61, one sixth thaler of 1860, struck in accordance with the Vienna Coinage Treaty of 1857. Rare, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"

This type was struck 1858-60 and is rather scarce. The one-sixth thaler was one of many minor denominations struck alongside the better known thalers and gold coins. It was issued steadily 1809-68, when the unification of 1871 rendered it obsolete.

Recorded mintage: 96,212, rather scarce.

Specification: 5.35 g, 0.531 fine silver, this specimen 5,33 g.

Catalog reference: KM 473, AKS 82; J. 83; Olding 318.

Source:

  • 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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