Bavaria 1638 thaler Dav-6078
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This specimen was lot 3437 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €750 (about US$982 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BAYERN, HERZOGTUM, SEIT 1623 KURFÜRSTENTUM, SEIT 1806 KÖNIGREICH: Maximilian I. 1598-1651. Reichstaler 1638, München. Mit römischer Jahreszahl und Löwenköpfen nach innen. Vorzüglich. (Germany, electorate of Bavaria, Maximilian I, 1598-1651, thaler of 1638, Munich mint, with Roman numeral date and lion's heads facing inward. Extremely fine.)"
Maximilian I was the first duke of Bavaria to hold the electoral dignity.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, 45 mm diameter, this specimen 28.71 g.
Catalog reference: KM 227.3, Dav-6078; Hahn 111.
- 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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