Einbeck 1628 thaler Dav-5241
This specimen was lot 4219 in Künker sale 441 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €1,700 (about US$2,339 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"EINBECK, STADT Reichstaler 1628, mit Titel Ferdinands II. R Sehr schön +. Erworben 2000 von Udo Gans, Arnsberg. (city of Einbeck, thaler of 1628, struck in the name of Ferdinand II. Rare, very fine or better.)"
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-Lüneburg. Staunchly Lutheran, like the rest of Brunswick, it was badly damaged during the Thirty Years War.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 29 g, silver, this specimen 28,84 g.
Catalog reference: KM 28, Buck 93 b; Dav-5241.
- 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, Frühjahrs-Auktion 441: Orders and Decorations from the Estate of Wilhelm, Duke of Bavaria (1752–1837), among others | Coins and Medals from the Middle Ages and Modern times, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Norway, and Saxony, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.
Links:
- 1624 thaler
- Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle 1628-HS thaler Dav-6656, death of the duke's brother John
- Coins and currency dated 1628