Lubeck 1605 thaler Dav-5445
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This specimen was lot 4032 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €600 (about US$785 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"LÜBECK, STADT. Reichstaler (32 Schilling) 1605, mit Titel Rudolfs II. und dem Abzeichen des Bürgermeisters Gotthard von Höveln. Hübsche Patina, winz. Schrötlingsfehler am Rand, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, city of Lubeck, thaler of 1605, in the name of Rudolf II and the badge of mayor Gotthard of Hoveln. Nice patina, rim nick, very fine to extremely fine.)"
This type is listed for 1605-09.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, 41 mm diameter, this specimen 29,04 g.
Catalog reference: KM A23, Dav-5445; Behrens 132 a var.
- 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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