Lubeck 1559 thaler Dav-9408

Stack's Bowers 2015 NYINC sale, lot 665

This specimen was lot 665 in Stacks-Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2015), where it sold for $1,997.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Lubeck. Taler, 1559. NGC MS-62. One small edge flaw. Dark pearlescent toning. From the Rockaway Collection." Davenport notes this as a one year type. A 1½ thaler also exists.

Recorded mintage: unknown but rare.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-124, Dav-9408.

Source:

• 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.
• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, The January 2015 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Featuring the John W. Adams and Ray Czabor Collections, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2014.

Link to:

• 1549 thaler
• 1568 half thaler
• 1568 thaler
• Coins and currency dated 1559
• return to coins of German States, Lubeck