Jagerndorf 1595 thaler Dav-9332
This specimen was lot 1358 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €2,000 (about US$2,584 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"JÄGERNDORF, HERZOGTUM Georg Friedrich, 1543-1603. Reichstaler 1595, Jägerndorf. Die Rückseitenumschrift beginnt unten links. RR Sehr schön. (Germany, duchy of Silesia-Jagerndorf, George Frederick, 1543-1603, thaler of 1595, Jagerndorf mint, obverse legend beginning on the left. Rare, 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. It is now part of the Czech Republic. For many generations it was held by the princes of Liechtenstein but before that, the duchy was ruled by the margraves of Brandenburg-Ansbach 1523-1623. Davenport lists this type for 1593-1602 (the 1601-02 issues are listed as Dav-6844). The modern, Czech, name for the town is Krnov.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM MB51, Dav-9332; F. u. S. - (vgl. 3302); v. Schr. 1151.
- 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, Catalog 263, The Friedrich Popken collection of gold and silver coinages | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the collection of Ernst Otto Horn, part III, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015.
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