Brandenburg 1690-SD 2/3 thaler
This specimen was lot 3161 in Sincona sale 51 (Zürich, October 2018), where it sold for 425 CHF (about US$513 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Friedrich III. (I.), 1688-1713. 2/3 Taler 1690 SD, Stargard. Fast vorzüglich. (Germany, electorate of Brandenburg, Frederick III, 1688-1713, two-thirds thaler of 1690. About extremely fine.)"
This type was struck 1689-91. It is fairly common but better than Berlin (KM 556), Magdeburg (KM 557) or Minden (KM 558). The final third of the seventeenth century saw a profusion of issues of this denomination. See also issues from Cleve and Halberstadt.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 17.22 g.
Catalog reference: KM 560, von Schrötter 160.
- 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]Richter, Jürg, Sincona Auction 51: Gold and Silver Coins and Medals; Coins and Medals from Switzerland, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2018.
Link to:
- 1689-LCS ⅔ thaler, Berlin mint
- 1689-SD ⅔ thaler, Stargard mint
- 1689 ducat
- Brandenburg 1690-LCS 2/3 thaler Berlin mint
- 1690-IE ⅔ thaler, Magdeburg mint
- 1690-BH ⅔ thaler, Minden mint
- 1690-LCS ducat
- Brandenburg 1691-WH 2/3 thaler Cleve mint
- Coins and currency dated 1690
- return to coins of German States, Brandenburg