Bremen 1641-PT 2 thaler Dav-5077
This specimen was lot 1055 in Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection (Copenhagen, September 2024), where it sold for €31,200 (about US$34,576 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Lovely Mint State Double Speciedaler with Vibrant Toning, DENMARK. 2 Speciedaler, 1641. Bremervörde Mint. Frederik III. NGC MS-62. Mintmaster: Peter Timpfe (PT). Exceptional quality and bursting with multicolored toning, the type being EXTREMELY RARE as well with only a handful in private collections.
In 1634 Frederik became archbishop of Bremen and the following year bishop of Verden. After the Torstenson Feud (part of the European Thirty Years' War) and the Treaty of Brömsebro in 1645 both territories were however lost to Sweden."
Christian IV (r. 1588-1648) had a long but not particularly successful reign. His son, later Frederik III, was prince-archbishop of Bremen 1635-45 but was forced to surrender his realm to Sweden. Denmark lost the Torstenson War and had to cede Jämtland, Härjedalen, Idre, Särna, the Baltic Sea islands of Gotland and Ösel, and the province of Halland in 1645.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 58.23 g.
Catalog reference: KM-39; Dav-5077; Hede-2; Sieg-168; Schou-1; Aagaard-1.1; Lange-60 B; Bruun-5941.
- 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.
- Siegs Møntcatalog 2016: Danmark med Omrader, 48 ed., Frederikssund, Siegs Forlag ApS, 2015.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio, Jeremy Bostwick and Henrik Holt Christensen, The L. E. Bruun Collection - A Corpus of Scandinavian Monetary History Part I, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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