Brandenburg-Bayreuth 1624-HDE thaler Dav-6265
This specimen was lot 648 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €1,800 (about US$2,325 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG-BAYREUTH, MARKGRAFSCHAFT Christian, 1603-1655. Reichstaler 1624, Kulmbach. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Feine Patina, fast vorzüglich. (Germany, Margraviate of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Christian, 1603-55, thaler of 1624, Kulmbach mint. Rare in this grade, fine patina, choice extremely fine.)"
The early 1620's saw an explosion of thaler issues as princes hired soldiers and bought weapons at the beginning of the Thirty Years War. For some reason, this type is omitted from the SCWC which includes the much rarer half thaler (KM 49) and double thaler of the same date (Dav-6264).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-6265; Slg. Wilm. -.
- 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 263, The Friedrich Popken collection of gold and silver coinages | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the collection of Ernst Otto Horn, part III, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015.
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