Prussia 1766-B kreuzer
This specimen was lot 3750 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €100 (about US$139 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. Kreuzer 1766, B, Breslau. Prägung für die Provinz Schlesien. Berliner Typ. Dunkle Patina, kl. Schrötlingsfehler, sehr schön +. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, kreuzer of 1766, Breslau mint, struck for the province of Silesia, Berlin type. Dark toning, minor planchet flaws, very fine or better.)"
This type was struck for Silesia 1764-65. The kreuzer, a hold over from Austrian rule, was struck there until 1797.
Recorded mintage: 1,113,000.
Specification: billon, this specimen is 0,76 g.
Catalog reference: KM 1011 (listed under Silesia), Olding 312; Kluge 308.1.
- 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: 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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