Jagerndorf 1572 60 kreuzer KM-MB27
This specimen was lot 4411 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €3,800 (about US$4,986 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHLESIEN, JÄGERNDORF, HERZOGTUM, Georg Friedrich, 1543-1603. Guldentaler (60 Kreuzer) 1572, Jägerndorf, mit Titel Maximilians II. Von großer Seltenheit. Hübsche Patina, sehr schön. (Germany, Silesia, duchy of Jagerndorf, George Frederick, 1543-1603, gulden of sixty kreuzer of 1572, Jagerndorf mint, struck in the name of Maximilian II. Extremely rare, handsome patina, very fine.)"
Silesia is considered a German State even tho the province was then under Austrian rule and is now in Poland. Jagerndorf, in upper Silesia, was part of Silesia that Austria retained after Frederick the Great conquered the major portion for Prussia in 1741-45. For many generations it was held by the princes of Liechtenstein. It is now part of the Czech Republic. This rare type is known for 1571-76. It was during this time that the thaler rose from sixty kreuzer to 72 kreuzer, making the guldenthaler 5/6 of a thaler. Another guldenthaler of 1572 (KM MB21/Dav-66) has a capped bust of the duke.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 24,38 g.
Catalog reference: KM MB27, Dav-68; F. u. S. 3246; v. Schr. 1062 var; Slg. Grüber (Auktion Künker 267) -.
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- Davenport, John S., Silver Gulden, 1559-1763, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1982.
- Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
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