Colmar 1554 thaler Dav-9112
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This specimen was lot 1763 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €6,500 (about US$8,397 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"COLMAR, STADT Taler 1554. Wappen, darüber Jahreszahl//Adler v. v. den Kopf nach l. gewandt. Von großer Seltenheit. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, city of Colmar, thaler of 1554. Obverse: arms, date below; reverse: eagle, head to left. Extremely rare, very fine to extremely fine.)"
Davenport lists this type with eight different dates during 1542-54 and 1575 yet the type is rare. A 1½ thaler (Dav-9111) exists. Colmar is now part of France.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 28.75 g.
Catalog reference: Dav-9112; Engel/Lehr 31.
- Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1500-1600, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1979.
- Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 263, The Friedrich Popken collection of gold and silver coinages | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the collection of Ernst Otto Horn, part III, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015.
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