Augsburg 1642 thaler Dav-5039
This specimen was lot 2037 in Künker Auction 425 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €750 (about US$1,062 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DEUTSCHE MÜNZEN UND MEDAILLEN · AUGSBURG, STADT Reichstaler 1642, mit Titel Ferdinands III. Hübsche Patina, vorzüglich +. (Germany, city of Augsburg, thaler of 1642, struck in the name of Ferdinand III. Handsome patina, extremely fine or better.)"
This type was struck 1639-45 for the emperor after the Swedish army evacuated the town. It is one of the commonest city thalers of the seventeenth century. The bishop of Augsburg also struck thalers but they are rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 29,05 g.
Catalog reference: KM 77, Dav-5039; Forster 292; Vetterle 1642.3.
- 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]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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