Anhalt-Bernburg 1636 thaler Dav-6007

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Künker Auction 425, lot 2022

This specimen was lot 2022 in Künker Auction 425 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €850 (about US$1,204 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"DEUTSCHE MÜNZEN UND MEDAILLEN · ANHALT-BERNBURG, FÜRSTENTUM, SEIT 1806 HERZOGTUM Christian II., 1630-1656. Reichstaler 1636. R Kl. Schrötlingsfehler, sehr schön. (Germany, principality of Anhalt-Bernburg, Christian II, 1630-56, thaler of 1636. Small planchet flaws, very fine.)"

This type was also struck 1640, 1643-45. The Anhalt-Bernburg line survived until 1863 when the last duke died in an insane asylum.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 28,64 g.

Catalog reference: KM 2, Dav-6007; Mann 560.

Sources:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Davenport, John S., Silver Gulden, 1559-1763, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1982.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 425: Gold coins from the Medieval and Modern Times, from the Mohr family collection, e.g. | Silver coins, e.g. highlights of medallic art | German coins after 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.

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