Augsburg 1627 thaler Dav-5026

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Künker sale 406, lot 4109

This specimen was lot 4109 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €3,000 (about US$3,936 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"AUGSBURG, STADT, Reichstaler 1627, mit Titel Ferdinands II. In US-Plastikholder der NGC mit der Bewertung MS 63 (6643510-005). Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Prachtexemplar. Feine Patina, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (city of Augsburg, thaler of 1627, struck in the name of Ferdinand II. Graded NGC MS-63, scarce in this quality, cabinet example, fine patina, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"

This type was struck 1627 only during the Thirty Years War. Augsburg was occupied by the Swedes 1631-32.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 29,26 g.

Catalog reference: KM 27.4, Dav-5026; Forster 201; Vetterle 1627.8.

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Davenport, John S., German Church and City Talers, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1967.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

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