Brandenburg-Bayreuth 1724 1/2 thaler KM-147
This specimen was lot 4124 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €4,500 (about US$5,905 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG-BAYREUTH, MARKGRAFTSCHAFT, Georg Wilhelm, 1712-1726. 1/2 Reichstalerklippe 1724, Bayreuth, auf das Vogelschießen. RR Attraktives Exemplar mit feiner Patina, winz. Schrötlingsfehler am Rand, vorzüglich. (marquisate of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, George William, 1712-26, klippe half thaler of 1724, Bayreuth mint, for bird hunting. Very rare, attractive example with fine patina, planchet defect on the edge, extremely fine.)"
This rare type was accompanied by a half thaler in round format (KM 148). Brandenburg-Bayreuth is in central Germany just north of Bavaria. It merged with Brandenburg-Ansbach in 1769 and was sold to Prussia in 1791.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 15,06 g.
Catalog reference: KM 147, Fischer/Maué 2.319; Slg. Wilm. 694; Slg. Peltzer 1780; Slg. Grüber (Auktion Künker 267) -.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
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