Goslar 1628-GK thaler Dav-5325
This specimen was lot 3908 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €1,300 (about US$1,701 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"GOSLAR, STADT. Reichstaler (24 Groschen) 1628 (Jahreszahl im Stempel aus 1623 geändert), mit Titel Ferdinands II. RR Felder geglättet, sehr schön. (Germany, city of Goslar, thaler of 1628/3, in the name of Ferdinand II. Rare, fields smoothed, very fine.)"
Goslar was an imperial city surrounded by Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and often acted as a mint for the dukes of that state. The city minted an extensive series of minor coinage in the seventeenth century. Thalers, including this one, are well attested but are listed in the SCWC as half thalers.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 28,65 g.
Catalog reference: KM 44.1, Dav-5325; Buck/Büttner/Kluge 213 A/a.
- 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]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
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