Lubeck 1581 thaler Dav-9411
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This specimen was lot 4023 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €320 (about US$419 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"LÜBECK, STADT. Reichstaler (32 Schilling) 1581, mit Titel Rudolfs II. und dem Abzeichen des Bürgermeisters Johann Brokes. Sehr schön. (Germany, city of Lubeck, thaler of 1581, in the name of Rudolf II and the badge of mayor John Brokes. Very fine.)"
Davenport lists this type for 1579-85 and 1587-89. A double thaler (Dav-9410) also exists.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 28,92 g.
Catalog reference: KM MB160, Dav-9411; Behrens 109 a.
- 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]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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