Lubeck 1568 1/2 thaler
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This specimen was lot 4018 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €440 (about US$576 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"LÜBECK, STADT. 1/2 Taler (13 Schilling, 9 Pfennig) 1568, mit Titel Maximilians II. und dem Abzeichen des Bürgermeisters Ambrosius Meyer. Sehr schön. Exemplar der Slg. Dr. Dieter Dummler, Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 90, Osnabrück 2004 (Nr. 191). (Germany, city of Lubeck, half thaler of 1568, in the name of Maximilian II and the badge of Ambrose Meyer. Very fine.)"
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 14,44 g.
Catalog reference: Behrens 204 c.
- 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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