Anhalt-Dessau 1674-APK 1/3 thaler

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Künker sale 406, lot 4104

This specimen was lot 4104 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €3,600 (about US$4,724 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"ANHALT-DESSAU, FÜRSTENTUM, Johann Georg II. 1660-1693. 1/3 Taler 1674, Dessau. Von größter Seltenheit. Feine Patina, winz. Schrötlingsfehler, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Anhalt-Dessau, John George II, 1660-93, one third thaler of 1674, Deessau mint. Extremely rare, fine patina, some planchet defects, very fine to extremely fine.)"

Joachim Ernst united all the splinters of Anhalt but died in 1586. His seven sons ruled Anhalt jointly until 1603, when the five surviving brothers partitioned it once again. The new principalities were Anhalt-Bernburg, Anhalt-Dessau, Anhalt-Kothen, Anhalt-Plötzkau and Anhalt-Zerbst. Anhalt-Dessau lasted the longest, surviving until 1918. This type was struck 1674 and 1676.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 9.90 g.

Catalog reference: KM 4, Mann 887.

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

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