Hildesheim (1618) 2 thaler Dav-LS322
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This specimen was lot 5274 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €2,200 (about US$2,843 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"HILDESHEIM, STADT, Doppeltaler o. J. (1618), mit Titel Rudolfs II. RR Felder geglättet, sehr schön. (city of Hildesheim, undated double thaler, struck in the name of Rudolf II. Very rare, fields smoothed, very fine.)"
This extremely rare issue was struck for the city, not the bishop.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 58,13 g.
Catalog reference: KM 172, Buck/Bahrf. 575 b; Dav-LS322.
- 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., Large Size Silver Coins of the World, 16th-19th Centuries, 3rd Ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1991.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 386: Brakteaten | Mainz | Bibliothek Prof. Dr. Niklot Klüßendorf | Mittelalter und Neuzeit | Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023.
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