Fugger-Nordendorf 1623 thaler Dav-6670

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Künker sale 424, lot 579

This specimen was lot 579 in Künker Auction 424 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €3,600 (about US$5,098 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"DEUTSCHE MÜNZEN UND MEDAILLEN · FUGGER-NORDENDORF, GRAFSCHAFT Marquard, *1595, †1655. Reichstaler 1623, mit Titel Ferdinands II. Verziertes, vierfeldiges Wappen (Fugger, Kirchberg in Schwaben / Weissenhorn, Fugger), zu den Seiten in der Verzierung die geteilte Jahreszahl 16 - 23//Gekrönter Doppeladler mit Zepter und Schwert in den Fängen, auf der Brust Reichsapfel. Von großer Seltenheit. Sehr schön. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 147, Berlin 2009, Nr. 406. (Germany, county of Fugger-Nordendorf, Marquand (born 1595, ruled 1601-24, died 1655), thaler of 1623, struck in the name of Ferdinand II. 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. Extremely rare, very fine.)"

The Fuggers, a family of merchants who financed the Hapsburgs, split into many lines in the sixteenth century. The Fugger-Nordendorf line was erected in 1560 and fell extinct in 1669, only to be erected a second time in 1677. 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 is the only thaler of this state.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver; this specimen 28,35 g.

Catalog reference: KM 12, Dav-6670; Kull 57 b var.

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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