1 William d'Or - Frederick William I

Reverse

Order of the Black Eagle within circle. Four crowned mirrored FI monograms distributed in a cross around.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
PRO DEO ET MILITE
+ E · G · N· 1737 +

Comment

The Prussian Wilhelms d'or was introduced by Friedrich Wilhelm I and named after him. It was equal to two Friedrichs d'or, or 10 Thalers.

Varieties are known to exist:
• Variety 1738:
Obverse: large plain shoulder plate, "...· BRAN ·".
Reverse: large crowns.
• Example 1738: The coin in the main image (13.45g, Extremely Fine):
◦ Auctioned by Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Auction 331, 30 January 2020, Lot 28. Sold for 12,000 EUR.
◦ Auctioned by Fritz Rudolf Künker 147, Osnabrück 1999, Nr. 104.
• Example 1738 (13.29g, About Very Fine):

© Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg
◦ Auctioned by Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Auction 331, 30 January 2020, Lot 27. Sold for 3,100 EUR.
◦ Auctioned by Tempelhofer Münzenhaus, Heinz Senger 24, Berlin 1983, Nr. 1623.

• Variety 1739:
Obverse: striped and riveted shoulder plate, "...· BRA ·".
Reverse: small crowns.
• Example 1739 (13.39g, Extremely Fine):

© Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg
◦ Auctioned by Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Auction 331, 30 January 2020, Lot 29. Sold for 11,000 EUR.
◦ Auctioned by Schweizerischer Bankverein 35, Zürich 1994, Nr. 822.
• Example 1739 (13.38g, About Extremely Fine):

© Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg
◦ Auctioned by Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Auction 331, 30 January 2020, Lot 30. Sold for 9,500 EUR.
◦ Auctioned by Westfälische Auktionsgesellschaft 39, Dortmund 2006, Nr. 888.

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