Brandenburg-Bayreuth 1671 thaler Dav-6273
This specimen was lot 612 in Stacks-Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2015), where it sold for $7,931.25. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brandenburg-Bayreuth. Taler, 1671. Christian Ernst (1655-1712). NGC MS-65. Finest certified example. A very appealing and interesting piece. Struck to commemorate the marriage of Christian Ernst to Sophie Luisa von Wurttemberg. Radiant sun next to the planet Venus, across the zodiac with Leo and Virgo; Reverse: A crowned eagle with the arms of Brandenburg-Bayreuth and Württemberg. Toned with its natural lustrous surfaces showing through. Well struck with very sharp details. A superb example with great eye appeal. 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 80, Dav-6273.
- 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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