Prussia 1750-A 1/6 thaler
This specimen was lot 3393 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €1,300 (about US$1,809 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. 1/6 Reichstaler preuß. 1750, A, Berlin. Von größter Seltenheit. Min. Schrötlingsfehler, vorzüglich +. Exemplar der Slg. Manfred Olding, Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 10, Osnabrück 1988, Nr. 27 und der Auktion Schulten + Co. Köln, Oktober 1990, Nr. 1906. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, one-sixth thaler of 1750, Berlin mint. Extremely rare, minor field marks, extremely fine or better.)"
This type was struck 1750-55 at several mints. In 1750, the mints were reorganized and the mintmaster's initials dropped in favor of mintmarks (A = Berlin, B = Breslau, C = Cleve, D = Aurich, E = Konigsberg, F = Magdeburg and G = Stettin).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 5.35 g, 0.521 fine silver, this specimen 5.28 g.
Catalog reference: KM 252 (armored bust), Olding 20 (this example); Kluge 85.
- 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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