Bavaria 1622 thaler Dav-6065

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Künker sale 335, lot 3392

This specimen was lot 3392 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €1,100 (about US$1,440 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BAYERN, HERZOGTUM, SEIT 1623 KURFÜRSTENTUM, Maximilian I. 1598-1651. Reichstaler 1622, München. R Vorzüglich/sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, duchy of Bavaria, Maximilian I, 1598-1651, thaler of 1622, Munich mint. Rare, very fine to extremely fine.)"

In 1623, the duke received the electoral dignity heretofore held by his cousin, the count of the Palatinate.

Recorded mintage: unknown but scarce.

Specification: silver, this specimen 28.27 g.

Catalog reference: Hahn 62 a, Dav-6065; KM 31.2.

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, 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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