Fugger-Gloett 1694 thaler Dav-6675
This specimen was lot 4201 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €1,400 (about US$1,837 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"FUGGER-GLOETT, GRAFSCHAFT, Franz Ernst, 1666-1711. Reichstaler 1694, Augsburg, mit Titel Leopolds I. R Hübsche Patina, Stempelfehler am Rand, fast vorzüglich. (county of Fugger-Glött, Francis Ernest, 1666-1711, thaler of 1694, Augsburg mint, struck in the name of Leopold I. Rare, handsome patina, edge defect, about extremely fine.)"
The Fuggers were originally a banking family, ennobled for their services to the Hapsburgs. At the time of their 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 is the only thaler of this splinter of the Fugger domains. Surprisingly, it is only scarce, not rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 28,90 g.
Catalog reference: KM 5, Dav-6675; Forster 324; Kull 79.
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- 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 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
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