Einbeck 1624 thaler Dav-5241

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Künker sale 406, lot 4186
Einbeck in 1789, from Putzger's atlas

This specimen was lot 4186 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €2,700 (about US$3,543 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"EINBECK, STADT, Reichstaler 1624, mit Titel Ferdinands II. R Hübsche Patina, leichte Prägeschwäche, vorzüglich. (city of Einbeck, thaler of 1624, struck in the name of Ferdinand II. Rare, handsome patina, slightly weakly struck, extremely fine.)"

The first thaler of this city appeared in 1618 and the last in 1659. Several were struck in 1624 (Dav-5238, -5239 and -5241) of which this is the least rare. It was struck 1624-28 and 1631. We don't know how the town was granted or usurped the mint right as it was always subject to the dukes of Brunswick-Luneburg. Staunchly Lutheran, like the rest of Brunswick, it was badly damaged during the Thirty Years War.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 28,58 g.

Catalog reference: KM 28, Buck 81a; Dav-5241.

Source:

  • 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 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

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