Eichstatt 1694-GFN thaler Dav-5236

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Heritage sale 3020, lot 50436
photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries
Eichstatt, north of Ingolstadt and southeast of Ansbach, c. 1547

This specimen was lot 50436 in Heritage sale 3020 (Long Beach, September 2012), where it sold for $1,175. The catalog description[1] noted,

"GERMANY. Eichstatt. Taler, 1694-GFN. NGC AU-55. Johann Eucharius Schenk (1685-97). Lustrous and attractive with light toning."

The bishopric of Eichstatt, now in Bavaria, occasionally issued coins. This one-year type minted in Nuremberg is the most common thaler for this locality in the seventeenth century.

Ruling Authorities

  • Johann Eucharius of Castel, prince-bishop from 1685-1697.

Obverse

  • Obverse description: Quad-helmeted arms with sword and crosier crossed behind flanked by double tailed lions on either side, dividing mint master as well as engraver's initials and mint mark below.
  • Obverse inscription: ✤D.G.IOAN.EUCHARIUS EPISCOPUS EYSTETT.SAC.ROM.IMP.PRINCEPS / GF N.
  • Obverse inscription unabridged: Dei Gratia IOhannes EUCHARIus EPISCOPUS EYSTETTensis SACri ROMani IMPerii PRINCEPS / Georg Friedrich Nürnberg
  • Obverse inscription translated: by the Grace of God, Johann Eucharius, Bishop of Eichstätt, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire / Georg Friedrich Nuremberg

Reverse

  • Reverse description: Saint Willibald standing with right hand making the sign for the Holy Trinity and holding in the left hand a crosier, behind him a halo of rays, at his feet the crest of Eichstätt, date at end of the legend.
  • Reverse inscription: SANCTUS WILIBALDUS EPISCOPUS EYSTETTENSIS✤1694.
  • Reverse inscription unabridged: SANCTUS WILIBALDUS EPISCOPUS EYSTETTENSIS 1694
  • Reverse inscription translated: Saint Willibald, Bishop of Eichstätt 1694

Edge

  • Edge description: Plain.

Mintmarks

  • N = Nuremberg

Mint Official Marks/Initials/Names

  • GF = Georg Friedrich, mint master and engraver at Nuremberg from 1682-1724

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Cahn 113a, Dav-5236, KM-46.

Source:

  • 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]Tucker, Warren, and Cris Bierrenbach, Heritage Signature Auction 3020: World Coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2012.

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