Livonia (16)69 1/24 thaler
This specimen was lot 4676 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €150 (about US$197 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BALTIKUM, RIGA, STADT, Unter Schweden. Karl XI. 1660-1697. 1/24 Taler (Dreipölker) 1669. In US-Plastikholder der NGC mit der Bewertung MS 66 (3938309-016). Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Fast Stempelglanz. (Baltic states, city of Riga, under Swedish rule, Charles XI, 1660-97, 1/24 thaler or Dreipölker of 1669. Graded NGC MS-66, scarce in this quality, about uncirculated.)"
This obscure type is listed for 1669 only. Riga and Livonia were seized by Sweden from Poland in 1621 and retained by them until their loss to Russia in 1721.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver or billon.
Catalog reference: KM 69, Ahlström 98; Haljak 1567.
- Bjorne Ahlstrom, Yngve Almer and Bengt Hemmingson, Sveriges Mynt, 1521-1977, the Coinage of Sweden. Stockholm: Numismatika Bokforlaget AB, 1976.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [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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