Prussia 1777-A stuber
This specimen was lot 3700 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €40 (about US$56 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. Stüber 1777, A, Berlin. Prägung für die westlichen Landesteile. Fast sehr schön. Exemplar der Slg. Lauterbach, Auktion Frankfurter Münzhandlung 131, Frankfurt/Main 1988, Nr. 268. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, stuiver of 1777, Berlin mint, struck for the western provinces. About very fine.)"
This type was struck 1771-72, 1775-83 at the Berlin mint for East Friesland, the Aurich mint having closed in 1768. It accompanied a quarter stuber, a half stuber and a double stuber.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: billon, this specimen is 1,18 g.
Catalog reference: KM 245 (listed under East Friesland), Olding 268; Kluge 279.7.
- 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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