Lubeck 1638 thaler Dav-5450A
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This specimen was lot 4060 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €650 (about US$851 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"LÜBECK, STADT. Reichstaler (32 Schilling) 1638, mit Titel Ferdinands III. und dem Abzeichen des Bürgermeisters Heinrich Köhler. RR Hübsche Patina, kl. Schrötlingsfehler, sehr schön. (Germany, city of Lubeck, thaler of 1638, in the name of Ferdinand III and the badge of mayor Henry Kohler. Rare, handsome patina, scratches, very fine.)"
This type is listed for 1638-40. Varieties exist.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, 41 mm diameter, this specimen 27,90 g.
Catalog reference: KM A69, Dav-5450A; Behrens 168 c.
- 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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