Brandenburg 1693-ICS 1/12 thaler KM-582

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Stack's Bowers May 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction, lot 74525
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This specimen was lot 74525 in Stack's Bowers May 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $89. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brandenburg. 1/12 Taler, 1693-ICS. Magdeburg Mint. Friedrich III. PCGS AU-50. From the Collection of Kazmier Wysocki, former mayor of Hackensack, New Jersey." This type was struck 1692-93 with initials ICS (Johann Christoph Seehle, mintmaster in Magdeburg, 1690-1698) and 1698-1700 with initials HFH. Another issue of this denomination in 1693 (KM 571) had crowned arms on the obverse and the value in a circle on the reverse.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, 25-26 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-582.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, May 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2026.

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