Fugger-Babenhausen 1623 thaler Dav-6673

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Künker sale 424, lot 576

This specimen was lot 576 in Künker Auction 424 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €2,600 (about US$3,682 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"DEUTSCHE MÜNZEN UND MEDAILLEN · FUGGER-BABENHAUSEN-WELLENBURG, GRAFSCHAFT Maximilian II., 1598-1629. Reichstaler 1623 (Jahreszahl im Stempel aus 1622 geändert), mit Titel Ferdinands II. Verziertes, vierfeldiges Wappen (Fugger, Kirchberg in Schwaben / Weissenhorn, Fugger), zu den Seiten die geteilte Jahreszahl 16 - 23//Gekrönter Doppeladler mit Schwert und Zepter in den Fängen, auf der Brust Reichsapfel, umher Bogenverzierung. Attraktives Exemplar mit feiner Patina, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 335, Osnabrück 2020, Nr. 3901. (Germany, county of Fugger-Babenhausen-Wellenburg, Maximilian II, 1598-1629, thaler of 1623, struck in the name of Ferdinand II, 1623/2 overdate. Obverse: ornate quartered arms of Fugger, Kirchberg and Weissenhorn divide the date; reverse: crowned double headed eagle with sword and scepter in its claws and an orb on its breast, circle of arches around. Attractive example with fine patina,extremely fine to uncirculated.)"

The SCWC lists this under Fugger-Babenhausen, not Fugger-Babenhausen-Wellenburg. The Fuggers, a family of merchants who financed the Hapsburgs, controlled both Babenhausen and Wellenburg. At the time of the German mediatization by Napoleon in 1806, the estate was divided into Prince of Fugger-Babenhausen, the Count of Fugger-Glött, Count of Fugger-Kirchberg-Weissenhorn, Count of Fugger-Kirchheim and Count of Fugger-Nordendorf. The territory was partitioned between Wurttemberg and Bavaria. This coin, struck in 1621 and 1623, refers to Ferdinand II as emperor, a title he obtained in 1619.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver; this specimen 28,76 g.

Catalog reference: KM 17, Dav-6673; Kull 101 d.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Davenport, John S., German Secular Talers, 1600-1700, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1976.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 424: Münster, Osnabrück, and the Peace of Westphalia | The Fuggers, Leuchtenberg, and Passau | The Collection of a German Manufacturer and History Enthusiast, Part 3, e.g., Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.

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