Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort 1697-FS thaler Dav-6914
This specimen was lot 981 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,
"LÖWENSTEIN, LÖWENSTEIN-WERTHEIM-ROCHEFORT, GRAFSCHAFT, Maximilian Karl, 1662-1718. Reichstaler 1697, Wertheim. RR Attraktives Exemplar mit hübscher Patina, winz. Schrötlingsfehler am Rand, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, county of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort, Maximilian Charles, 1662-1718, thaler of 1697, Wertheim mint. Rare, attractive example with handsome toning, minor edge defects, very fine to extremely fine.)"
This is one of a few rare thalers of the seventeenth century from this insignificant locale wedged between Mainz and Wurzburg. In 1635, the county was partitioned between Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort and Lowenstein-Wertheim-Virneberg.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-6914, Wibel 210, KM 38.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Davenport, John S., German Secular Talers, 1600-1700, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1976.
- [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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