Baden-Baden 1626 thaler Dav-6038
This specimen was lot 3363 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €1,700 (about US$2,225 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BADEN, BADEN-BADEN, MARKGRAFSCHAFT, Wilhelm, 1622-1677. Reichstaler 1626, Baden-Baden. R Attraktives Exemplar mit feiner Patina, sehr schön. (Germany, margraviate of Baden-Baden, William, 1622-77, thaler of 1626, Baden-Baden mint. Attractive example with fine patina, very fine.)"
This rare type was struck 1625-27. Baden was divided into Baden-Baden and Baden-Durlach between 1515-1771. Badener issues are generally scanty prior to its enlargement in Napoleonic times.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 29.14 g.
Catalog reference: KM 6.2, Dav-6038; Wielandt 259.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Davenport, John S., German Secular Talers, 1600-1700, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1976.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
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