Kempten 1540 thaler Dav-9364
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This specimen was lot 901 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $390. The catalog description[1] noted, "KEMPTEN: Free City, AR thaler, 1540, Fine, ex Joe Sedillot Collection." This type was struck 1540-43 and 1547. The city was annexed to Bavaria in 1803.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 29.2 g, silver, 41 mm diameter, plain edge, this specimen 28.66 g.
Catalog reference: Dav-9364, KM MB43.
- 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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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