Brandenburg-Bayreuth 1752 1/6 thaler

Kunker sale 293, lot 243

This specimen was lot 243 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabruck, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €650 (about US$876 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG IN FRANKEN. Friedrich, 1735-1763. 1/6 Taler 1752, Bayreuth. Probe in Silber nach dem Leipziger Fuß; Mit geriffeltem Rand. Slg. Grüber (Auktion Künker 267) 3910. RR Feine Tönung, fast vorzüglich. (margraviate of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Frederick, 1735-63, one sixth thaler of 1752, Bayreuth mint, silver pattern with reeded edge. Rare, fine toning, about extremely fine.)"

The line lapsed in 1791 and the provinces fell to Prussia, who in turn yielded them to Bavaria in 1806 as part of Napoleon's mediatization. This one year type has a very high catalog value for an obscure German minor.

Recorded mintage: unknown but scarce.

Specification: silver, this specimen 3,78 g.

Catalog reference: Slg. Wilm. 766, KM 212.

Source:

• ^[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.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.

Link to:

• 1752 kreuzer, struck in copper
• 1752 thaler
• 1753-CLR kreuzer
• 1753 1/24 thaler
• Coins and currency dated 1752
• return to coins of German States, Brandenburg