Brandenburg 1676-GDZ 2/3 thaler KM-445.1

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Künker sale 293, lot 319

This specimen was lot 319 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabruck, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €1,000 (about US$1,348 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, KURFÜRSTENTUM Friedrich Wilhelm, der Große Kurfürst, 1640-1688. 2/3 Taler 1676, GDZ, Minden. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Fast vorzügliches Exemplar mit hübscher Patina Exemplar der Slg. Bernhard Terletzki. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 64, Osnabrück 2001, Nr. 4030. (Germany, electorate of Brandenburg, Frederick William, the Great Elector, 1640-88, two thirds thaler of 1676, Minden mint. Scarce in this quality, about extremely fine with handsome toning.)"

The final third of the seventeenth saw a profusion of issues of this denomination. For the Minden mint, we see KM 445.2 (mintmaster A-VH, minted 1675-76), KM 445.3 (mintmaster GD-Z, minted 1675-79, date at upper left) and KM 445.4 (mintmaster GD-Z/AV-H), in addition to the KM 445.1 shown here.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-261; v. Schr. 395, KM 445.1.

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.

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