Brandenburg-Ansbach 1626 thaler Dav-6236A
This specimen was lot 3709 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €310 (about US$406 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG IN FRANKEN, BRANDENBURG-ANSBACH, MARKGRAFSCHAFT, Friedrich, Albert und Christian, 1625-1634. Reichstaler 1626, Nürnberg. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, margraviate of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Albert and Christian, 1625-34, thaler of 1626, Nuremburg mint. Very fine to extremely fine.)"
In constrast to the rare thalers of the prior margrave Joachim Ernst, the thalers of Albert and Christian are fairly common.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 28.86 g.
Catalog reference: KM 50.1, Dav-6236 A; Slg. Wilm. 868; Slg. Grüber (Auktion Künker 267) 4219.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Davenport, John S., German Secular Talers, 1600-1700, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1976.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
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