Anhalt-Bernburg 1747-HCRF thaler Dav-1903
This specimen was lot 2027 in Künker Auction 425 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €2,600 (about US$3,682 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DEUTSCHE MÜNZEN UND MEDAILLEN · ANHALT-BERNBURG, FÜRSTENTUM Victor Friedrich, 1721-1765. Reichstaler 1747, Münzstätte vermutlich Harzgerode. Ausbeute der Grube Glücksstern. Von großer Seltenheit. Etwas bearbeitet, sehr schön. (Germany, principality of Anhalt-Bernburg, Victor Frederick, 1721-65, thaler of 1747, perhaps Harzgerode mint, for the Lucky Star mine. Extremely rare, tooled, very fine.)"
Anhalt-Bernburg, one of the splinters of Anhalt, issued a considerable amount of minor coinage in the eighteenth century but thalers are rare. This one promoted the Lucky Star mine.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 28.85 g, silver, this specimen 28,64 g.
Catalog reference: KM 34, Dav-1903; Mann 590; Müseler 1.2/4.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1965.
- 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, 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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