Bavaria 1627 thaler Dav-6074
This specimen was lot 4121 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €1,500 (about US$1,968 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BAYERN, HERZOGTUM, SEIT 1623 KURFÜRSTENTUM, Maximilian I. 1598-1651. Reichstaler 1627 (mit übergroßer 7, Jahreszahl im Stempel aus 1626 geändert), München. Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (electorate of Bavaria, Maximilian I, 1598-1651, thaler of 1627, Munich mint, 1627/6 overdate. Extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
Of the five different thalers struck in 1627, KM 209 was struck 1626-27. The reverse motto, "CLYPEVS OMNIBVS IN TE SPERANTIBVS", translates as, "The shield of everyone who hope in you".
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 29.12 g.
Catalog reference: KM 209, Dav-6074; Hahn 110.
- 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 Secular Talers, 1600-1700, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1976.
- [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.
Link to:
- 1626 thaler, Mary with scepter
- 1626 thaler, Mary without halo
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- 1627 half thaler
- 1627 thaler, Christ child on Mary's right
- 1627 thaler, Christ child on Mary's left
- 1628 thaler, Christ child on Mary's left
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