Bavaria 1620 thaler Dav-6064A

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Künker sale 293, lot 138

This specimen was lot 138 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €800 (about US$1,078 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BAYERN, HERZOGTUM, SEIT 1623 KURFÜRSTENTUM, Maximilian I. 1598-1651. Reichstaler 1620, München. RR Kl. Schrötlingsfehler am Rand, sehr schön. (Germany, duchy of Bavaria, Maximilian I, 1598-1651, thaler of 1620, Munich mint. Rim nicks, very fine.)"

This type was also issued in 1618. A plethora of similar designs (arms obverse, Madonna and Child reverse) were issued in the 1620's.

Recorded mintage: 41,000.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Hahn 62 a, Dav-6064 A; KM-31.1.

Source:

  • 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, Katalog 293: Münzen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. die westfälischen Privatsammlungen Werner Bröker und Bernd Terletzki, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.

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