Lubeck 1626 1/4 thaler
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This specimen was lot 4049 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €550 (about US$720 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"LÜBECK, STADT. 1/4 Reichstaler (8 Schilling) 1626, mit Titel Ferdinands II. und dem Abzeichen des Bürgermeisters Alexander Lüneburg. RR Sehr schön. (Germany, city of Lubeck, quarter thaler of 1626, in the name of Ferdinand II and the badge of mayor Alexander Luneburg. Rare, very fine.)"
This type was struck 1621-37 and is not cheap but is probably the most available of the denomination.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 7,20 g.
Catalog reference: KM A55, Behrens 265 a.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [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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