Brandenburg 1693-BH 2/3 thaler KM-576
This specimen was lot 68 in Schulman auction 389 (Amsterdam, December 2025), where it sold for €170 (about US$240 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "German States - 2/3 Thaler 1693 ICS, Silver, FRIEDRICH III 1688-1701, BRANDENBURG Magdeburg mint. Bust right. Rev. crowned combined arms. Ex Cherry Tree Collection. PCGS Genuine AU Details. Environmental damage." This gulden was struck 1690-94 at Minden (mintmaster BH), not Berlin (mintmaster LCS). This variety has the mintmaster's initials under the bust; another (KM 558) has them on the reverse. The final third of the seventeenth century saw a profusion of issues of this denomination.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 17 g, silver, 38.5 mm diameter, this specimen 16.90 g.
Catalog reference: KM 576, Dav-280.
- 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., Silver Gulden, 1559-1763, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1982.
- [1]Absil, Andrew, Olle Cederholm, Erik de Visser and Rik van Noorloos, Schulman sale 389: Ex Cherry Tree Collection, Amsterdam: Schulman b.v., 2025.
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