Brandenburg-Bayreuth 1664 thaler Dav-6272
This specimen was lot 611 in Stacks-Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2015), where it sold for $5,287.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brandenburg-Bayreuth. Taler, 1664. Christian Ernst (1655-1712). NGC MS-65. Struck to commemorate the election of Christian Ernst to the Captainship of the Franconian Circle. Sharply struck, giving full detail to not only the pantheon of small arms on the reverse, but also right down to the texture of the horse's coat. Light toning over lustrous metal, small planchet flaw at 8 o'clock of reverse. Very attractive and exceptionally choice. From the Rockaway Collection." Today, Bayreuth is famous as the site of the Wagner festival but in the seventeenth century, it was not part of Bavaria but an independent principality ruled by a junior branch of the Hohenzollerns. The SCWC catalogs this scarce type as a gulden (= 2/3 thaler) but it is a full thaler and we have catalogued it as such.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM 78, Dav-6272.
- 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]Ponterio, Richard, The January 2015 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Featuring the John W. Adams and Ray Czabor Collections, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2014.
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