Prussia 1753 duit
This specimen was part of lot 3720 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €60 (about US$84 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. Ku.-Deut ...b) Ku.-Deut 1753 ohne Münzzeichen, Cleve. Prägung für die westlichen Landesteile. Erworben am 20.12.1983. 2 Stück., Sehr schön. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, copper duit of 1753 without mintmark, Cleve mint, struck for the western provinces. [One of] two pieces, very fine.)"
This type was struck 1752-53 at the western mint of Cleve, along with a quarter stuber, stuber and double stuber. The Cleve mint remained active striking coins for the Hohenzollerns into the nineteenth century.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper, this specimen 1,98 g.
Catalog reference: KM 53 (listed under Cleve), Kluge 290.2; Olding 287.
- 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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- 1752-D quarter stuber, date on obverse
- 1752-D quarter stuber, date on reverse
- 1752-D 4 pfennig
- 1752-D mariengroschen
- 1752-D 2 mariengroschen
- 1752-C 1/12 thaler
- 1752-D 1/12 thaler
- 1752-C thaler
- 1752-C friedrichs d'or
- 1753-D quarter stuber
- 1753-C 2 stuber
- 1753-D 4 pfennig
- 1753-D mariengroschen
- 1753-E 2 groscher
- 1753-E 3 groscher
- 1753-St E 3 groscher
- 1753-St E 6 groscher
- 1753-E 6 groscher
- 1753-G 6 groscher
- 1753-A 8 gute groschen
- 1753-F 8 gute groschen
- 1753-G 8 gute groschen
- 1753-F 1/48 thaler
- 1753-G 1/48 thaler
- 1753-A 1/24 thaler, monogram divides the date
- 1753-G 1/24 thaler
- 1753-B 1/12 thaler
- 1753-C 1/6 thaler
- 1753-D 1/6 thaler
- 1753-F 1/6 thaler
- 1753-G 1/6 thaler
- 1753-E 18 groscher
- 1753-G 18 groscher
- 1753-C thaler
- 1753-A halb friedrichs d'or, bare bust
- 1753-C halb friedrichs d'or, bare bust
- 1754-B 2 groschel
- 1754-C quarter stuber
- 1754-C 4 kreuzer
- 1754-B 15 kreuzer
- Coins and currency dated 1753