Prussia 1786-E schilling
This specimen was lot 3670 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €25 (about US$35 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. Schilling 1786, E, Königsberg. Prägung für die Provinz Preußen. Sehr schön. Erworben am 11.7.1988 von Wolfgang Rittig, Schwelm. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, schilling of 1786, Königsberg mint, struck for the province of Prussia. Very fine.)"
This type was struck at Berlin in 1776 and at Königsberg 1771, 1775-86. The Berlin issue is quite scarce, this one is fairly common.
Recorded mintage: 830,250.
Specification: 0.69 g, 0.052 fine silver, 14-15 mm diameter, this specimen is 0,68 g.
Catalog reference: KM A495.1a, Olding 238; Kluge 250.10.
- 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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- 1776-A schilling
- 1785-A 3 groscher
- 1785-A thaler
- 1786-B kreuzer
- 1786-B 3 kreuzer
- 1786-A 1/24 thaler struck in copper
- 1786-A 1/6 thaler
- 1786-A quarter thaler
- 1786-A ⅓ thaler, Friedrich Wilhelm II
- 1786-A half thaler
- 1786-A thaler, regular issue
- 1786-A thaler, on the king's death
- 1786-E thaler
- 1786-A thaler, Friedrich Wilhelm II
- 1786-A halb friedrichs d'or
- 1786-A friedrichs d'or
- 1788-E schilling
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