Lubeck 1568 thaler Dav-9409

Stack's Bowers 2015 NYINC sale, lot 666

This specimen was lot 666 in Stacks-Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2015), where it sold for $763.75. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Lubeck. Taler, 1568. NGC AU-58. Pearlescent toning. Very nice details. From the Rockaway Collection." Davenport notes this for 1568, 1573 and 1576-79.

Recorded mintage: unknown but rare.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM MB153, Dav-9409.

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:

• 1559 thaler
• 1568 half thaler
• Mecklenburg 1568 thaler Dav-9552
• 1573 thaler = 32 schilling
• Coins and currency dated 1568
• return to coins of German States, Lubeck