Hamburg 1621 thaler Dav-5365
This specimen was lot 74531 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $780. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Hamburg. Taler (32 Schilling), 1621. Ferdinand II. PCGS AU-55. A lovely example of the type with lustrous rose-tinted champagne fields. Well-struck with minimal wear and only some slight weakness at the left side of the city gate and in the corresponding reverse area. However, the color, luster, and crispness predominate. Very attractive and desirable." This type was struck 1620-37 and undated; it is the most common thaler from this city in the seventeenth century. Some examples lack four digit dates. This type was struck 1620-37 followed by a very similar type struck in the name of Ferdinand II, 1637-53. It is technically a 32 schilling piece but is universally classed as a thaler. The city of Hamburg issued coins almost continuously until the end of World War One and the mint there is still in operation, striking coins for the Bundesrepublik Deutschland.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-5365; KM-123.
- 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 Church and City Talers, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1967.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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