Lubeck 1576 1/2 thaler
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This specimen was lot 4020 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €240 (about US$314 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"LÜBECK, STADT. 1/2 Reichstaler (16 Schilling) 1576, mit Titel Maximilians II. und dem Abzeichen des Bürgermeisters Hieronymus Lüneburg. R Winz. Schrötlingsfehler am Rand, sehr schön. (Germany, city of Lubeck, half thaler of 1576, in the name of Maximilian II and the badge of mayor Jerome Luneburg. Scarce, minor rim nick, very fine.)"
This type is listed in the SCWC for 1573, 1576-79.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 14,26 g.
Catalog reference: KM MB151, Behrens 206.
- 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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