Leuchtenberg 1544 thaler Dav-9370
This specimen was lot 3997 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €500 (about US$654 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"LEUCHTENBERG, LANDGRAFSCHAFT, Georg III. 1531-1555. Taler 1544, Pfreimd, mit Titel Karls V. Sehr schön. (Germany, landgraviate of Leuchtenberg, George III, 1531-55, thaler of 1544, in the name of Charles V. Very fine.)"
The landgrave of Leuchtenberg was a considerable power in the Upper Palatinate in the Middle Ages but never succeeded in becoming a direct suffragan of the emperor. Georg III issued a series of thalers (Dav-9367 thru Dav-9372) during 1541-53. When the dynasty lapsed in the early 1600's, the landgraviate was annexed to Bavaria, where it remains to this day.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 28.01-28.90 g, silver, 40 mm diameter, this specimen 28,69 g.
Catalog reference: KM MB31, Dav-9370; Friedl 103 c/c.
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- 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.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
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