Prussia 1749 duit
This specimen was lot 3719 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €30 (about US$42 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. Ku.-Deut 1749, ohne Münzzeichen, Cleve. Prägung für die westlichen Landesteile. Olding 286 a; Kluge 289.1. Sehr schön. Erworben am 20.12.1983 von Udo Gans, Arnsberg. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, copper duit of 1749 without mintmark, Cleve mint, struck for the western provinces. Very fine.)"
The duit is a familiar copper coin to Dutch collectors but is unusual for Germany but Cleve is next door to the Netherlands. This type is noted for 1749-50.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper, this specimen 1,86 g.
Catalog reference: KM 45 (listed under Cleve), Olding 318 (this example); Kluge 310.4.
- 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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