Prussia 1746-EGN 1/12 thaler
This specimen was part of lot 3373 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), which sold for €120 (about US$167 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. ...b) 1/12 Taler 1746 EGN, Berlin. Münzmeister Ernst Georg Neubauer. Exemplar der Auktion Westfälische Auktionsgesellschaft 7, Dortmund 1996, Nr. 215. 2 Stück., Kl. Schrötlingsfehler, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, one-twelfth thaler of 1746, Berlin mint, [one of] two pieces, very fine to extremely fine.)"
This type was struck 1740-46. No more were struck until 1750.
Recorded mintage: 5,056,644.
Specification: 3.60 g, 0.437 fine silver, this specimen 3,54 g.
Catalog reference: KM 226, Kluge 27.5; Olding 5.
- 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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