Hannover 1625 thaler Dav-5389
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This specimen was lot 4256 in Künker sale 441 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €3,000 (about US$4,127 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"HANNOVER, STADT Reichstaler (24 Groschen) 1625, mit Titel Ferdinands II. RR Sehr schön-vorzüglich. (city of Hannover, thaler of 1625, struck in the name of Ferdinand II. Very rare, very fine to extremely fine.)"
This rare type, issued by the city, not the duke, was struck 1625 only. A variety exists without the "Z4" on the reverse (KM 28.2/Dav-5389a).
Recorded mintage: 5,748.
Specification: 29 g, silver, this specimen 28,51 g.
Catalog reference: KM 28.1, Buck/Meier 151 a; Dav-5389.
- 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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