Prussia 1767-B 1/2 thaler
This specimen was lot 3495 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €85 (about US$118 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. 1/2 Reichstaler preuß. 1767, B, Breslau. Sehr schön. Erworben im Jahr 2000 von Manfred Olding, Osnabrück. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, half thaler of 1767, Breslau mint. Very fine.)"
Half thalers were not a common denomination in Prussia. This type was minted at Berlin, Königsberg, Breslau and Magdeburg 1764-67 and is somewhat available.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 11.13 g, 0.750 fine silver, this specimen is 10.96 g.
Catalog reference: KM 304, Olding 87; Kluge 138.
- 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.
Link to:
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- 1766-A half thaler
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- 1767-D mariengroschen
- 1767-B thaler
- 1767 "Levant" thaler, bare bust
- 1767 "Albertus" thaler
- 1767 "Levant" thaler
- 1767-A doppelter friedrichs d'or
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- 1768-B ⅓ thaler
- 1768-B thaler
- 1786-A half thaler
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