Brandenburg 1683-BH 2/3 thaler KM-511

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Künker sale 293, lot 321

This specimen was lot 321 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €420 (about US$566 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM Friedrich Wilhelm, der Große Kurfürst, 1640-1688. 2/3 Taler 1683, BH, Minden. R Hübsche Patina, sehr schön +. (Germany, electorate of Brandenburg, Frederick William, the Great Elector, 1640-88, two thirds thaler of 1683, Minden mint. Scarce, handsome patina, very fine or better.)"

This type was struck at Minden struck 1683-84. Other ⅔ thalers for 1683 include KM 445.5, KM A446, KM 446, all scarcer.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-264; v. Schr. 411 leicht var, KM 511.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Davenport, John S., Silver Gulden, 1559-1763, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1982.
  • [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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