Anhalt-Bernburg 1806-HS 1/2 thaler
The first specimen was lot 22569 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2020), where it sold for $312. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Anhalt-Bernburg. 2/3 Taler, 1806-HS. Harzgerode Mint. Alexius Friedrich Christian. NGC MS-62. Exceedingly attractive and handsomely toned, this wondrous specimen features some underlying luster and a particularly bold obverse design. SCARCELY encountered so pleasing and, rather accordingly, the finest listed in the NGC census." The second specimen was lot 2547 in Stephen Album sale 47 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2023), where it sold for $156. The catalog description[2] noted, "ANHALT-BERNBURG: Alexius Friedrich Christian, 1796-1834, AR 2/3 thaler, 1806, initials HS, lustrous, AU." The denomination on the obverse, "XX EINE FEINE MARK", as well as the weight, clearly mark this as a half thaler, not a two-thirds as stated in the SCWC. The accompanying thaler (Dav-501) is rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 14.03 g, 0.833 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-72.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The January 2020 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.
- [2]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 47, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2023.
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