Hameln (16)39 thaler Dav-5384

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Künker Auction 441, lot 4255
Hameln in 1648. It lies on the Weser between Hanover and Lippe

This specimen was lot 4255 in Künker sale 441 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €22,000 (about US$30,266 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"HAMELN, STADT Reichstaler (24 Groschen) 1639, mit Titel Ferdinands III. Münzmeister Caspar Hoffmann. (Münzmeisterzeichen Kleeblatt t) Münster St. Bonifacius mit Mühlstein und Mühleisen, oben herum Verzierungen, unten Zainhaken//Gekrönter Doppeladler, auf der Brust Reichsapfel, darin Wertzahl Z4. Von großer Seltenheit. Sehr schön. Exemplar der Auktion Sally Rosenberg 49, Frankfurt/Main 1920, Nr. 1497 und der Auktion Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 412, Frankfurt/Main 2014, Nr. 1005. Die erste Talerausgabe der Stadt Hameln fällt in das Jahr 1544. Ab 1555 trat die Stadt der Braunschweiger Münzgenossenschaft bei. Hameln setzte seine Talerprägung mit neuem Reversbild nahtlos fort und folgte somit den neuen Richtlinien der Braunschweiger Münzgenossenschaft unmittelbar, während andere Städte sich zunächst mit der Prägung zurückhielten. (city of Hameln, thaler or 24 groschen of 1639, struck in the name of Ferdinand III. 28.59 g. Mintmaster Caspar Hoffmann (privy mark: cloverleaf). Obverse: St. Boniface standing, holding a millstone and a mill-iron; ornamental flourishes above, a mint-hook below; reverse: crowned double-headed eagle with an orb on its breast, containing the value numeral "24". Extremely rare, very Fine. The city of Hamelin’s first issue of thalers dates back to 1544. In 1555, the city joined the Brunswick Minting Association. Hamelin seamlessly continued its thaler coinage with a new reverse design, thereby immediately complying with the new guidelines of the Brunswick Minting Association, whereas other cities initially refrained from minting.)"

This town in Brunswick-Lüneburg issued thalers in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It is most famous as the place where the Pied Piper allegedly tooted away all the rats.

Recorded mintage: unknown but rare.

Specification: 29 g, silver, this specimen 28,59 g.

Catalog reference: KM 60.1, Dav-5384; Kalvelage/Schrock 212 a/a.

Sources:

  • 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]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Frühjahrs-Auktion 441: Orders and Decorations from the Estate of Wilhelm, Duke of Bavaria (1752–1837), among others | Coins and Medals from the Middle Ages and Modern times, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Norway, and Saxony, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.

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