Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg 1676-I VB 2/3 thaler KM-47
This specimen was lot 5443 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €1,200 (about US$1,551 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SAYN-WITTGENSTEIN-BERLEBURG, GRAFSCHAFT, Georg Wilhelm, 1643-1684. 60 Kreuzer (2/3 Taler) 1676, Berleburg. Sehr selten, besonders in dieser Erhaltung. Fast vorzüglich. (county of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, George William, 1643-84, sixty kreuzer or two-thirds thaler of 1676, Berleburg mint. Very scarce in this quality, about extremely fine.)"
Georg Wilhelm, count of a petty state between Cologne, Nassau, Wied and Berg, was not an important issuer of coins until the fad for gulden (sixty kreuzer) struck in the 1670's. This type was struck 1676 only and is unpriced in the SCWC.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 18.52 g.
Catalog reference: KM 47, Dav-902A; M.-J./V. 86.
- 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]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 386: Brakteaten | Mainz | Bibliothek Prof. Dr. Niklot Klüßendorf | Mittelalter und Neuzeit | Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023.
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