Lubeck 1603 thaler Dav-5444
This specimen was lot 4031 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €380 (about US$497 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"LÜBECK, STADT. Reichstaler (32 Schilling) 1603, mit Titel Rudolfs II. und dem Abzeichen des Bürgermeisters Gotthard von Höveln. R Winz. Sammlerpunze im Rand, kl. Schrötlingsfehler, sehr schön +. (Germany, city of Lubeck, thaler of 1603, in the name of Rudolf II and the badge of mayor Gotthard of Hoveln. Scarce, small punch mark on the edge, scratches, very fine or better.)"
This type, unlike Dav-LS331, was struck using dies of ordinary diameter (40-42 mm). It is listed for 1601-04 and, tho scarce, is not rare lie the broad thaler.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 28,97 g.
Catalog reference: KM A11, Dav-5444; Behrens 130 a.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Davenport, John S., German Secular Talers, 1600-1700, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1976.
- [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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