Prussia 1752-B 2 groschel
This specimen was lot 3761 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it 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. 2 Gröschel 1752, B, Breslau. Prägung für die Provinz Schlesien. Mit FRIDERIC - BORVSS REX in der Vorderseitenumschrift. R Sehr schön. Exemplar der Auktion Westfälische Auktionsgesellschaft 3, Dortmund 1994, Nr. 715. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, two groschel of 1752, Breslau mint, struck for the province of Silesia. Rare, very fine.)"
After Frederick the Great seized Silesia in 1742, he issued kreuzer denominated coinage for the province which did not directly convert into the thaler-based coinage used in the rest of the realm. One, three, six, 15 and 18 kreuzer were issued along with one and two groschel pieces. This type is listed for 1751-54 and seems to have been made in large quantities. The last two groschel was struck in 1786.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: billon, this specimen 1,06 g.
Catalog reference: KM 921.2 (listed under Silesia), Olding 322 d (this example); Kluge 311.2.
- 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:
- 1751-C stuber
- 1751-B 2 groschel
- 1751-E 3 groscher
- 1751-A 1/48 thaler
- 1751-B 1/24 thaler, date on obverse
- 1751-A 1/12 thaler
- 1751-B 1/12 thaler
- 1751-C 1/12 thaler
- 1751-A 1/6 thaler
- 1751-B 1/6 thaler
- 1751-E 18 groscher
- 1751-W E 18 groscher
- 1751-B quarter thaler
- 1751-B half thaler
- 1751-C half thaler
- 1751-A thaler
- 1751-B thaler
- 1751-C thaler
- 1752-D quarter stuber, date on obverse
- 1752-D quarter stuber, date on reverse
- 1752-F 4 gute pfennig
- 1752-D 4 pfennig
- 1752-E groschen
- 1752-B kreuzer
- 1752-B 3 kreuzer
- 1752-D mariengroschen
- 1752-F mariengroschen
- 1752-F 2 mariengroschen
- 1752-F 4 mariengroschen
- 1752-D 2 mariengroschen
- 1752-W E 3 groscher
- 1752-S E 6 groscher
- 1752-W E 6 groscher
- 1752-A 1/48 thaler
- 1752-B 1/48 thaler
- (1752)-A 1/24 thaler, muled dies
- 1752-A 1/24 thaler, date on reverse
- 1752-F 1/24 thaler
- 1752-A 1/12 thaler, bare bust
- 1752-B 1/12 thaler
- 1752-C 1/12 thaler
- 1752-D 1/12 thaler
- 1752-F 1/12 thaler
- 1752-A 1/6 thaler, armored bust
- 1752-A 1/6 thaler, bare bust
- 1752-B 1/6 thaler
- 1752-F 1/6 thaler
- 1752-E 18 groscher
- 1752-S E 18 groscher
- 1752-B 18 kreuzer
- 1752-B quarter thaler
- 1752-B half thaler
- 1752-A thaler
- 1752-C thaler
- 1752-A halb friedrichs d'or, uniformed bust
- 1752-A halb friedrichs d'or, bare bust
- 1752-B halb friedrichs d'or
- 1752-A friedrichs d'or, bare bust
- 1752-A friedrichs d'or, uniformed bust
- 1752-B friedrichs d'or, uniformed bust
- 1752-C friedrichs d'or
- 1754-B 2 groschel
- Coins and currency dated 1752