Anhalt-Bernburg 1744-HS 1/3 thaler
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This specimen was lot 2026 in Künker Auction 425 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €500 (about US$708 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DEUTSCHE MÜNZEN UND MEDAILLEN · ANHALT-BERNBURG, FÜRSTENTUM Victor Friedrich, 1721-1765. 1/3 Taler 1744, Harzgerode. RR Kl. Randfehler, leicht gereinigt, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, principality of Anhalt-Bernburg, Victor Frederick, 1721-65, one-third thaler of 1744, Harzgerode mint. Very rare, small edge defects, lightly cleaned, very fine to extremely fine.)"
This scarce type was struck again in 1750.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 9,21 g.
Catalog reference: KM 20, Mann 607.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 425: Gold coins from the Medieval and Modern Times, from the Mohr family collection, e.g. | Silver coins, e.g. highlights of medallic art | German coins after 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.
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