Augsburg 1626 thaler Dav-5021

Stack's Bowers May 2025 Collectors Choice Online Auction, lot 74769

This specimen was lot 74769 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $504. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Augsburg. Taler, 1626. Free City (in the name of Ferdinand II). PCGS EF-45." This type was struck 1626 only and is a fairly common issue for this locale. The pine cone is the symbol of the city.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-5021; KM-41.

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• Davenport, John S., German Church and City Talers, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1967.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, May 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction: Ancient & World Coins, featuring selections from the Sydney F. Martin Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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