Magdeburg 1612-GM thaler Dav-5475A
This specimen was lot 381 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €400 (about US$517 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Magdeburg, ERZBISTUM Christian Wilhelm von Brandenburg, 1598-1608-1631. Reichstaler 1612, Halle. R Patina, etwas berieben, fast sehr schön. (Germany, archbishopric of Magdeburg, Christian William of Brandenburg, 1598-1608-1631, thaler of 1612, Halle mint. Scarce, toning, nice very fine.)"
The SCWC lists this type of 1612 as somewhat available but less so than the earlier Dav-5471. Numerous varieties exist (Dav-5474, -5474C, -5474D, -5474E, -5475, -5475A). By the second half of the sixteenth century, the archbishopric of Magdeburg was completely converted to Lutheranism yet the ecclesiastical state was not abolished. Instead, it became a puppet state of the elector of Brandenburg, who either appointed himself or one of his close relatives archbishop. Brandenburg annexed it outright in 1680.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-5475A, v. Schr. 425 var, KM 24.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Davenport, John S., German Church and City Talers, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1967.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 263, The Friedrich Popken collection of gold and silver coinages | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the collection of Ernst Otto Horn, part III, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015.
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