Anhalt-Bernburg 1758 1/3 thaler
This specimen was lot 2028 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 Victor Friedrich, 1721-1765. 1/3 Taler 1758, Harzgerode, auf seinen 58. Geburtstag. RR Vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 249, Osnabrück 2014, Nr. 794. (Germany, principality of Anhalt-Bernburg, Victor Frederick, 1721-65, one-third thaler of 1758, Harzgerode mint, on the prince's 58th birthday. Very rare, extremely fine.)"
The initials "FS" appear below the denomination but we believe they mean "FEIN SILBER", not engravers' initials.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 8.34 g, silver, this specimen 8,87 g.
Catalog reference: KM 47, Mann 611 b.
- 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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