Brandenburg 1630 thaler Dav-6141
This specimen was lot 311 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €3,600 (about US$4,852 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM Georg Wilhelm, 1619-1640. Reichstaler 1630, Königsberg. Spruchtaler. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Sehr attraktives Exemplar mit hübscher Patina, fast vorzüglich. (Germany, electorate of Brandenburg, George William, 1619-40, thaler of 1630, Königsberg mint. Rare in this quality, very attractive example with hansome patina, about extremely fine.)"
This type of 1627-35 is rare and expensive even by the standard of this state, whose thalers prior to Frederick the Great are generally rare. A half thaler (KM 124.1) also exists. George William spent most of the Thirty Years War hiding in Königsberg in East Prussia, where this coin was made. His subjects in Brandenburg, who had to cope with the marauding armies, doubtless wished that they could join him.
Recorded mintage: 20,000.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-6141, Marienb. 1497; Olding 17 a, KM 125.
- 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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