Bavaria 1643 thaler Dav-6082
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This specimen was lot 3440 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €1,800 (about US$2,356 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BAYERN, HERZOGTUM, SEIT 1623 KURFÜRSTENTUM, SEIT 1806 KÖNIGREICH: Maximilian I. 1598-1651. Reichstaler 1643, München. RR Hübsche Patina, fast vorzüglich. (Germany, electorate of Bavaria, Maximilian I, 1598-1651, thaler of 1643, Munich mint. Rare, handsome patina, about extremely fine.)"
Maximilian I was the first duke of Bavaria to hold the electoral dignity.
Recorded mintage: unknown but rare.
Specification: silver, this specimen 28.57 g.
Catalog reference: KM 276, Dav-6082; Hahn 113.
- 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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