Brandenburg-Franconia 1565 1/2 guldenthaler
This specimen was lot 3703 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €420 (about US$550 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG IN FRANKEN, MARKGRAFSCHAFT, Georg Friedrich, 1557-1603. 1/2 Guldentaler (30 Kreuzer) 1565, Schwabach, mit Titel Maximilians II. Slg. Grüber (Auktion Künker 267) 3313. RR Fast sehr schön. (Germany, margraviate of Brandenburg-Franconia, George Frederick, 1557-1603, half gulden thaler (30 kreuzer) of 1565, Schwabach mint, in the name of Maximilian II. About very fine.)"
This is the period when Brandenburg was separated from Brandenburg in Franconia, which later split into Brandenburg-Bayreuth and Brandenburg-Ansbach.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 12,03 g.
Catalog reference: v. Schr. 863.
- Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
Link to:
- 1551 guldiner = thaler
- 1564 half gulden thaler = 30 kreuzer
- 1580 half thaler
- Coins and currency dated 1565