Estonia 1652-GP riksdaler Dav-4585
This specimen was lot 4940 in Künker sale 441 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €5,500 (about US$7,566 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BALTIKUM, ESTLAND/Reval Unter Schweden. Christina, 1632-1654. Reichstaler 1652. Variante mit Münzmeistersignatur unter dem Wappen. Von größter Seltenheit. Sauber gestopftes Loch, kl. Probierspur am Rand, fast sehr schön. (Baltic States, Estonia, Reval mint, under Sweden. Christina, 1632-54, thaler of 1652, variety with the initials under the arms. Extremely rare, plugged, test mark on the edge, about very fine.)"
Eight öre was a mark; six marks was a riksdaler and ten marks was (roughly) a ducat in gold. Fiscal manipulations were frequent in Sweden during this period so equivalents are approximate. This type is listed for 1652 only and a variety exists with the intials under the date (KM 8.2). Peter the Great greatly desired possession of Estonia and occupied it in 1710; the Swedes formally ceded it to him in 1721. It remained Russian until after World War One.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 27,75 g.
Catalog reference: Ahlström 64 a; Neumann 21 var; KM 8.1, Dav-4585; Haljak 1279 (4R, this example).
- Bjorne Ahlström, Yngve Almer and Bengt Hemmingson, Sveriges Mynt, 1521-1977, the Coinage of Sweden. Stockholm: Numismatika Bokforlaget AB, 1976.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
- Delzanno, Roberto, Myntårsboken 2022, Sveriges Mynt 995-2021, 1:a upplagen, Stockholm, 2021.
- [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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