Anhalt 1623-HS thaler Dav-6003
This specimen was lot 2010 in Künker Auction 425 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €550 (about US$779 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DEUTSCHE MÜNZEN UND MEDAILLEN · ANHALT, FÜRSTENTUM Christian I., August, Ludwig, Johann Casimir, Georg Aribert und Johann, 1621-1630. Reichstaler (24 Groschen) 1623, Dessau. Unregelmäßiger Schrötling, zum Teil schwach ausgeprägt, sehr schön. Exemplar der Slg. Thormann, Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 320, Osnabrück 2019, Nr. 4762; zuvor erworben am 10.11.1976 von der Münzhandlung Hanfried Bendig, Bremen. (Germany, principality of Anhalt, joint issue of Christian I, August, Louis, John Casimir, George Aribert and John, 1621-30, thaler of 1623, Dessau mint. Irregular planchet, partly weakly struck, very fine.)"
This scarce type was struck 1623-25.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 28,96 g.
Catalog reference: KM 76.2, Dav-6003; Mann 182 a.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Davenport, John S., Silver Gulden, 1559-1763, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1982.
- [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.
Links:
- (1620-21) kipper 12 kreuzer, joint issue, Köthen mint
- Anhalt-Dessau 1622 1/8 thaler, on the death of his stepsister Sophie Elisabeth
- 1624-HS half thaler, joint issue, Dessau mint
- 1624-EI thaler, joint issue, Zerbst mint
- Anhalt-Köthen 1624 thaler, death of the prince's son
- 1625-EI thaler, joint issue, Zerbst mint
- Anhalt-Köthen 1625 thaler, death of the prince's wife
- Coins and currency dated 1623