Jagerndorf 1581 thaler Dav-9324
This specimen was lot 1327 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €3,000 (about US$4,044 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SCHLESIEN, JÄGERNDORF, HERZOGTUM, Georg Friedrich, 1543-1603. Reichstaler 1581, Jägerndorf. Slg. Grüber (Auktion Künker 267) 3379. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Attraktives Exemplar mit feiner Tönung, fast vorzüglich. (Germany, duchy of Jagerndorf, George Frederick, 1543-1603, thaler of 1581, Jagerndorf mint. Scarce in this quality, attractive example with fine toning, about extremely fine.)"
Davenport lists this for 1576-84. Georg Friedrich was margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach. His family ruled the duchy until 1623. It is expensive but not rare. 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. The modern, Czech, name for the town is Krnov.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-9324; v. Schr. 1095 var.
- Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1500-1600, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1979.
- Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 293: Münzen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. die westfälischen Privatsammlungen Werner Bröker und Bernd Terletzki, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.
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