Erfurt 1618-AW thaler Dav-5262
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This specimen was lot 4223 in Künker sale 441 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €900 (about US$1,238 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"ERFURT, STADT Reichstaler 1618. Seltener Jahrgang. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. Exemplar des Spezialangebots Fritz Rudolf Künker, Oktober 2002, Nr. G 240. (city of Erfurt, thaler of 1618. Rare date, very fine to extremely fine.)"
The town was occupied by the Swedish army 1631-48 during the Thirty Years War and issued many coins during that time.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 29 g, silver, this specimen 29,19 g.
Catalog reference: KM 19.1, Dav-5262; Leitzmann -; Gräßler/Walde 477.
- 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.
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