Halberstadt 1623-HS thaler Dav-6325

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Künker sale 386, lot 5027

This specimen was lot 5027 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €2,800 (about US$3,618 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM, Christian, Bischof von Halberstadt, 1617-1626. Reichstaler 1623, Zellerfeld, Von großer Seltenheit. Hübsche Patina, kl. Stempelfehler, sehr schön. Exemplar der Auktion Westfälische Auktionsgesellschaft 43, Dortmund 2007, Nr. 338. (duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Christian, bishop of Halberstadt, 1617-26, thaler of 1623, Zellerfeld mint. Extremely rare, handsome patina, minor die defects, very fine.)"

The bishopric of Halberstadt was founded in the early ninth century. In 1479, a Saxon prince, greedy for the see's revenues, pushed out the reigning bishop and appointed his teenage son as administrator. No bishop was anointed to succeed him and the diocese was ruled by administrators thru the Reformation, which arrived in 1540. Various princes of the Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel family ruled 1566-1623, of which Christian was the last. The next administrator was a prince of the Hohenzollern family and the bishopric was annexed to Brandenburg by the terms of the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. It remained a part of Prussia until the end of the Wilhelmine empire. This rare type belongs to Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and to Halberstadt and we have listed it under both.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen is 29.01 g.

Catalog reference: KM 39, Dav-6325; Welter 1386.

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • 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 386: Brakteaten | Mainz | Bibliothek Prof. Dr. Niklot Klüßendorf | Mittelalter und Neuzeit | Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023.

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