Brandenburg 1691-LCS 1/3 thaler

Künker sale 293, lot 322

This specimen was lot 322 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabruck, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €180 (about US$243 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM Friedrich III. 1688-1701. 1/3 Taler 1691, LCS, Berlin. R Randfehler, sehr schön. (Germany, electorate of Brandenburg, Frederick III, 1688-1701, one third thaler of 1691, Berlin mint. Scarce, rim nicks, very fine.)"

This type was struck at Berlin 1690-1700 and is rather expensive for a German minor, tho the issues of Prussia tend to be popular.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: v. Schr. 354, KM 573.

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• ^[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.

Link to:

• 1683-BH ⅔ thaler
• 1683-IE ⅔ thaler
• 1691-WH 2/3 thaler
• 1698-HFH ⅔ thaler
• 1699-LCS ⅓ thaler
• Coins and currency dated 1691
• return to coins of German States, Brandenburg