Hamburg (1606-12) thaler Dav-5361
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This specimen was lot 214 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €220 (about US$284 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Hamburg, STADT Reichstaler (32 Schilling) o. J. (1606-1612), mit Titel Rudolfs II. Münzmeister Matthias Moers. R Leichte Belagreste, sehr schön. (Germany, city of Hamburg, undated thaler (c. 1606-12), in the name of Rudolf II, mintmaster Matthias Moers. Scarce, obverse nick, very fine.)"
Other issues of this type are known dated 1607-10. It is common.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-5361, Gaed. 367 var. KM 16.2.
- [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.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
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