Halberstadt (1525) thaler Dav-9203
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This specimen was lot 73 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €2,000 (about US$2,584 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Halberstadt, BISTUM Albrecht V. von Brandenburg, 1513-1545. Taler o. J. (um 1525). Von großer Seltenheit. Feine Patina, Bearbeitungsspuren am Rand, sehr schön +, Das Stück hat Bearbeitungsspuren am Rand. (bishopric of Halberstadt, Albrecht of Brandenburg, 1513-45, undated thaler, of the greatest rarity, fine patina, edge tooled, very fine or better.)"
Another scarce one year type. The bishop was also archbishop of Mainz and Magdeburg.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Besser/Brämer/Bürger 40.05 var.; Dav-9203.
- Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1500-1600, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1979.
- Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 263, The Friedrich Popken collection of gold and silver coinages | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the collection of Ernst Otto Horn, part III, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015.
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