Brandenburg 1683-IE 2/3 thaler

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Künker sale 293, lot 320

This specimen was lot 320 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €260 (about US$351 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM Friedrich Wilhelm, der Große Kurfürst, 1640-1688. 2/3 Taler 1683, IE, Magdeburg. RR Schrötlingsfehler am Rand, vorzüglich. (Germany, electorate of Brandenburg, Frederick William, the Great Elector, 1640-88, two thirds thaler of 1683, Magdeburg mint. Rare, planchet defects on rim, extremely fine.)"

This type was struck at Magdeburg 1683 only. Gulden were also struck at Minden and Berlin in 1683.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-257; v. Schr. 368 var, KM 510.

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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