Prussia 1746-ICG 4 pfennig

Künker sale 353, lot 3677

This specimen was lot 3677 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €4,400 (about US$6,124 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. 4 Pfennig 1746, ICG, Esens. Geprägt für die westlichen Landesteile. Münzmeister Johann Christian Gittermann. Von größter Seltenheit. Nur wenige Exemplare bekannt. Rauher Schrötling, sehr schön. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 76, Osnabrück 2002, Nr. 3178. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, four pfenning of 1746, Aurich mint, struck for the western provinces. Extremely rare, only a few known, rough fields, very fine.)"

Aurich was the capital of the county of Ostfriesland, which was ruled by its native princes until the extinction of the line in 1744, whereupon it fell to the Hohenhollerns, who retained the mint there. The Prussians lost the province to Napoleon in 1807 and it passed to Hannover at the Congress of Vienna. This is a rare one year type.

Recorded mintage: 12,000.

Specification: 1.08 g, 0.187 fine silver, 16 mm diameter, this specimen 0,68 g.

Catalog reference: KM 195 (listed under East Friesland), Olding 246 (this example); Kluge 267.

Source:

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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