Prussia 1782-A thaler Dav-2590
This specimen was lot 3468 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €260 (about US$362 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich II. der Große, 1740-1786. Reichstaler preuß. 1782, A, Berlin. Greisenantlitz. Fast vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 309, Frankfurt/Main 1984, Nr. 1241. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick II the Great, 1740-86, thaler of 1782, Berlin mint, old head. About extremely fine.)"
This type was struck at Berlin, Breslau (shown here) and Königsberg 1775-86. These coins saw hard use and are frequently found heavily worn. As they were only 0.750 fine, they were spent and the issues of other principalities hoarded.
Recorded mintage: 246,838.
Specification: 22.27 g, 0.750 fine silver, .537 troy oz AGW, this specimen is 22,21 g.
Catalog reference: Dav-2590, KM-332.1, Olding 70; Kluge 123.2.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1965.
- [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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