Bremen 1650-TI thaler Dav-5102
This specimen was lot 5239 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €900 (about US$1,163 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BREMEN, STADT, Reichstaler 1650, mit Titel Ferdinands III. Attraktives Exemplar mit hübscher Patina, winz. Randfehler, sehr schön-vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Gehard Hirsch 62, München 1969, Nr. 1051. (city of Bremen, thaler of 1650, struck in the name of Ferdinand III. Attractive example with fine patina, small edge flaws, very fine to extremely fine.)"
All of the thalers of this Hanseatic city prior to the nineteenth century are rare to very rare. This issue was accompanied by a half thaler (KM 115) and a double thaler (Dav-5101A).
Recorded mintage: 1,627.
Specification: silver, this specimen 28,94 g.
Catalog reference: KM 116.1, Dav-5102; Jungk 485.
- 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 Church and City Talers, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1967.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 386: Brakteaten | Mainz | Bibliothek Prof. Dr. Niklot Klüßendorf | Mittelalter und Neuzeit | Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023.
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