Brandenburg-Ansbach 1676 1/6 thaler

from the Stack's Bowers 2018 ANA sale, lot 22543

This specimen was lot 22543 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Philadelphia, August 2018), where it sold for $240. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brandenburg-Ansbach. 1/6 Taler, 1676. Johann Friedrich (1667-86). NGC MS-63. Fully lustrous and highly dished in appearance due to its striking with roller dies." This type was struck 1676-79 along with a 1/3 thaler (KM 56) and 2/3 thaler (KM 79, 80). Brandenburg-Ansbach is in Franconia and was ruled by a different branch of the Hohenzollerns than that in Berlin.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-82.

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]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The August 2018 Philadelphia ANA Auction: World Coins and Selections from the El Dorado Collection of Colombian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.

Link to:

• 1678 1/6 thaler
• Coins and currency dated 1676
• return to coins of German States, Brandenburg