Friedberg 1623 thaler Dav-5310
This specimen was lot 815 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €2,200 (about US$2,965 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"FRIEDBERG, REICHSBURG, Conrad Löw zu Steinfurt, 1617-1632. Reichstaler 1623, Friedberg, mit Titel Ferdinands II. R Feine Patina, kl. Schrötlingsfehler, sehr schön. (imperial city of Friedburg, Conrad of Steinfurt, 1617-32, thaler of 1623, Friedburg mint, struck in the name of Ferdinand II. Scarce, fine patina, some edge defects, very fine.)"
The free city of Friedberg evolved into a burgraviate and thence passed to Hesse-Darmstadt in 1802. All of its issues are rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Eichelmann 64, Dav-5310.
- 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 Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 293: Münzen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. die westfälischen Privatsammlungen Werner Bröker und Bernd Terletzki, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.
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