Prussia 1733-CS schilling
This specimen was lot 3311 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €90 (about US$125 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich Wilhelm I. der Soldatenkönig, 1713-1740. Schilling 1733, CS, Königsberg. Prägung für das Herzogtum Preußen. Münzmeister Christian Schirmer. Fast vorzüglich. Erworben im März 1982. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick William I, the Soldier King, 1713-40, schilling of 1733, Königsberg mint, struck for the duchy of Prussia. About extremely fine.)"
This type, along with a three, six and eighteen groscher, was struck in 1733-40 for use in Prussia and neighboring Poland.
Recorded mintage: 10,788,411 for 1733-35.
Specification: 0.72 g, 0.062 fine silver, 16 mm diameter, this specimen 0,61 g.
Catalog reference: KM 212, v. Schr. 532; Olding 278.
- 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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