Prussia 1720-IGN 2/3 thaler
This specimen was lot 3267 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €900 (about US$1,253 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich Wilhelm I. der Soldatenkönig, 1713-1740. 2/3 Taler 1720, IGN, Berlin. Mit EL · BRAND · am Ende der Vorderseitenumschrift. 8,51 g. Münzmeister Johann Georg Neubauer. Feine Patina, sehr schön +. Erworben am 27.9.1970. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick William I, the Soldier King, 1713-40, ⅔ thaler of 1720, Berlin mint, with EL · BRAND · at the end of the obverse legend. Fine patina, very fine or better. Bought 1970.)"
This type was struck 1719-24 but this is a rare date.
Recorded mintage: 58,625.
Specification: 17.32 g, 0.750 fine silver, 36 mm diameter, this specimen 17,44 g.
Catalog reference: KM 178, Dav-301; v. Schr. 248; Olding 223.
- 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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