Lubeck 1549 1/2 mark
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This specimen was lot 4013 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €550 (about US$720 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"LÜBECK, STADT. 1/2 Mark 1549. RR Schöne Patina, Prägeschwäche, sehr schön. (Germany, city of Lubeck, half mark of 1549. Rare, nice patina, slightly weak strike, very fine.)"
This denomination confuses us as it is between the quarter thaler and half thaler in weight. It may have been one-third thaler.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 9.31 g.
Catalog reference: Behrens 77 b.
- Cuhaj, George S., Thomas Michael and Douglas Nicol, 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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