Hamburg 1588 thaler Dav-9224

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Künker sale 263, lot 197

This specimen was lot 197 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €330 (about US$427 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"Hamburg, STADT Reichstaler (32 Schilling) 1588, mit Titel Rudolfs II. Münzmeister Jacob Schmidt. Zwitterprägung mit der Jahreszahl auf beiden Seiten. Gaed. 343 (dort irrtümlich das Münzmeisterzeichen von Andreas Metzner angegeben). RR Hübsche Patina, sehr schön. (Germany, city of Hamburg, thaler of 1588, in the name of Rudolf II, mintmaster Jacob Schmidt. Mule with date on both sides, rare, nice patina, very fine.)"

Davenport notes this one year type as scarce.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-9224, Gaed. 343.

Source:

  • 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.
  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • [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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