Glatz 1541 groschen
This specimen was lot 1945 in Sincona sale 90 (Zürich, May 2024), where it sold for 2,400 CHF (about US$3,171 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"TSCHECHIEN, Böhmen, Johann von Pernstein, 1475-1548. Groschen (1/8 Taler) 1541, Glatz. Sehr selten. Sehr schön. Gelocht. (Bohemia, John of Pernstein, 1475-1548, groschen or one-eighth thaler of 1541, Glatz mint. Very rare, Very fine, Pierced.)"
This type was struck 1541, 1543 and 1544. Glatz, now called Kłodzko in Poland, was in the sixteenth century a semi-independent duchy in Silesia whose lords originally descended from duke Bolesław III Wrymouth (d. 1138) of Poland. The SCWC lists this under Bohemia but it belongs under Silesia. Wikipedia comments,
"Jan IV of Pernštejn (also known as Jan of Pernstein, John of Pernstein, Jan the Rich or John the Rich in English, Jan z Pernštejna a na Helfštejně or Jan Bohatý in Czech, and Johann von Pernstein or Hans von Pernstein auf Helfenstein in German; 14 November 1487 in Moravský Krumlov – 8 September 1548 in Hrušovany u Brna) was a Moravian-Bohemian nobleman. He was high treasurer of Moravia in 1506–1516 and Landeshauptmann of Moravia in 1515–1519 and in 1526–1528 and governor of Moravia in 1530–1532. ...In 1537, King Ferdinand I of Bohemia mortgaged the County of Kladsko, which belonged immediately to Bohemia, to Jan of Pernštejn for 83464 guilders. Jan also received the title of Count of Kladsko and the right to mint coins in Kladsko."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 2.53 g.
Catalog reference: KM MB29, F.u.S. 2813, Pavlicek/Schön 10.
- Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
- [1]Richter, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 90, Münzen und Medaillen der Welt, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2024.
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