Brandenburg 1641-LM thaler Dav-6167
This specimen was lot 76 in Künker sale 400 (Berlin, February 2024), where it sold for €1,200 (about US$1,557 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG, KURFÜRSTENTUM, Friedrich Wilhelm, der Große Kurfürst, 1640-1688. Reichstaler 1641, LM, Berlin. R Haare min. nachgraviert, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, electorate of Brandenburg, Frederick William, the Great Elector, 1640-88, thaler of 1641, Berlin mint. Rare, hair re-engraved, very fine to extremely fine.)"
In 1641, Friedrich Wilhelm was only Elector of Brandenburg; his son Friedrich III was not granted the title of King of Prussia until 1701. Most Brandenburger thalers of the seventeenth century are rare and expensive; this one is no exception. Other thalers for 1641 include Dav-6168/KM 188, Dav-6169/KM 189 and Dav-6172/KM 191.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 28.90 g.
Catalog reference: KM 187, Dav-6167; v. Schr. 148 a.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- 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, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 400: Selected löser of the Dukes of Guelph from the Friedrich Popken Collection | Numismatic treasures from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. "multiple portraits" from a Westphalian private collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
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