Lubeck 1613 thaler Dav-5447
This specimen was lot 4038 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €750 (about US$982 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"LÜBECK, STADT. Reichstaler (32 Schilling) 1613, mit Titel von Matthias und dem Abzeichen des Bürgermeisters Alexander Lüneburg. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Attraktives Exemplar mit feiner Patina, fast vorzüglich. (Germany, city of Lubeck, thaler of 1613, in the name of Matthias and the badge of mayor Alexander Luneburg. Rare in this condition, attractive example with fine patina, about extremely fine.)"
This type is listed for 1612-19.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, 41 mm diameter, this specimen 28,87 g.
Catalog reference: KM 38, Dav-5447; Behrens 143.
- 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.
Link to:
- 1610 half thaler
- 1610 thaler
- 1612 quarter thaler
- Lubeck 1619 2 schilling = 24 pfennig, joint issue with Hamburg
- 1619 thaler
- Coins and currency dated 1613