Lubeck 1573 thaler Dav-9409
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This specimen was lot 30423 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2022), where it sold for $1,020. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Lubeck. Taler, 1573. Maximilian II. PCGS MS-61. The sole finest certified example of the date by PCGS, the present example offers a nice strike and relatively handsome details. Lightly lustrous, with an appealing frosty complexion, there is a bit of flan flakiness, though overall this example maintains a supreme charm. Talers are RARELY encountered as nice as this one." This type was struck 1568, 1573, 1576-79.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM MB153, Dav-9409.
- 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.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 ANA Auction - Ancients & World Coins - Featuring The Salton Collection Part III, the Augustana Collection and the Robert C. Knepper Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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