Fulda 1672 thaler Dav-5316

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Stack's Bowers 2015 NYINC sale, lot 637
Fulda Stacks Jan15-637r.jpg
Künker sale 400, lot 130

This specimen was lot 637 in Stacks-Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2015), where it sold for $6,462.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Fulda. Taler, 1672. Bernhard Gustav Adolf (1671-77). NGC MS-66. Shield with miter and crown; Reverse: Eleven line inscription. VERY RARE and exceptional quality. Sharply struck with rich toning. Truly museum quality. From the Rockaway Collection." The abbot of Fulda was made a bishop in 1752 and struck thalers occasionally in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. This type and the similar Dav-5315 are rare. This specimen was offered again as lot 130 in Künker sale 400 (Berlin, February 2024), where it sold for €7,500 (about US$9,730 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[2] noted,

"FULDA, ABTEI, SEIT 1752 BISTUM, Bernhard Gustav von Baden-Durlach, 1671-1677. Reichstaler 1672, auf seine Wahl zum Abt von Fulda. 11 Zeilen Schrift//Vierfeldiges Wappen unter Kardinalshut, darüber Palmbaum, von einem Stein beschwert. In US-Plastikholder der NGC mit der Bewertung MS 66 (3899537-017). Sehr selten, besonders in dieser Erhaltung. Prachtexemplar. Herrliche Patina, fast Stempelglanz. Exemplar der Slg. Rockaway, Auktion Stack's Bowers, New York, Januar 2015, Nr. 637. (Germany, abbey of Fulda, Bernard Gustav of Baden-Durlach, 1671-77, thaler of 1672, on his promotion to abbot of Fulda. Obverse: eleven line inscription; reverse: quartered arms with cardinal's hat and palm tree above. Graded NGC MS66, very scarce in this quality, choice example, superb patina, about uncirculated.)"

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM 17, Dav-5316; Gehrling/Erdmann 75-2.

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 Church and City Talers, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1967.
  • [1]Ponterio, Richard, The January 2015 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Featuring the John W. Adams and Ray Czabor Collections, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2014.
  • [2]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 400: Selected löser of the Dukes of Guelph from the Friedrich Popken Collection | Numismatic treasures from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. "multiple portraits" from a Westphalian private collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

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