Brandenburg 1628-LM thaler Dav-6143

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Künker sale 293, lot 310

This specimen was lot 310 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €1,700 (about US$2,291 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM Georg Wilhelm, 1619-1640. Reichstaler 1628, LM, Cöln. R Sehr schön. (Germany, electorate of Brandenburg, George William, 1619-40, thaler of 1628, Cologne mint. Scarce, very fine.)"

This type of 1628-33 is rare and expensive even by the standard of this state, whose thalers prior to Frederick the Great are generally rare.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-6143, Bahrf. 761, KM 128.

Source:

  • 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, Katalog 293: Münzen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. die westfälischen Privatsammlungen Werner Bröker und Bernd Terletzki, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.

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