Lowenstein-Wertheim 1623 thaler Dav-6909

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Künker sale 263, lot 992
Wertheim in 1789

This specimen was lot 992 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €4,000 (about US$5,167 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"LÖWENSTEIN-WERTHEIM-ROCHEFORT, GRAFSCHAFT, Johann Theodor, 1611-1644. Reichstaler 1623, Cugnon. Sehr schön. (Germany, county of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort, John Theodore, 1611-44, thaler of 1623, Cugnon mint. Very 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-6909; Wibel 171, KM 18.

Source:

  • 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, 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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