Anhalt-Zerbst 1674-CP 1/3 thaler
This specimen was lot 4090 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €2,600 (about US$3,412 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"ANHALT-ZERBST, FÜRSTENTUM, Carl Wilhelm, 1667-1718. 1/3 Taler 1674, Zerbst. Münzmeister Christoph Pflug. Von großer Seltenheit. Feine Patina, winz. Schrötlingsfehler am Rand, sehr schön +. (principality of Anhalt-Zerbst, Charles William, 1667-1718, one-third thaler of 1674, Zerbst mint. Extremely rare, fine patina, minor edge flaws, very fine or better.)"
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. Anhalt-Zerbst was a state of utmost insignificance except one of its daughters grew up to be Catherine the Great of Russia. This type was struck 1674-75 along with a gulden.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 9,44 g.
Catalog reference: KM 17, Mann 254.
- 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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