Bremen 1640-TI thaler Dav-5098
This specimen was lot 1316 in Sincona sale 22 (Zürich, May 2015), where it sold for 510 CHF (about US$641 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Bremen, Stadt, Taler 1640. Titel Ferdinand III. Fast sehr schön-sehr schön. (Germany, city of Bremen, thaler of 1640, struck in the name of Ferdinand III. Choice very fine.)"
Most Bremen issues were emitted by the free city of Bremen, still today a major port on the North Sea coast of Germany. However, the hinterland formed the archbishopric of Bremen which persisted after the region converted to Lutheranism in the mid-1500's. Finally, as a consequence of the Thirty Years War, the state was secularized and handed over to the king of Sweden and ruled by him until 1719. This type is scarce, verging on rare.
Reported Mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 26.99 g.
Catalog reference: KM 101.1, Jungk 476; Dav-5098.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Davenport, John S., German Church and City Talers, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1967.
- [1]Richter, Jürg, Ruedi Kunzmann and Arne Kirsch, Collection Fumatori, Auction 22, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2015.
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