Magdeburg 1638-PS thaler Dav-5495

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Künker sale 263, lot 397

This specimen was lot 397 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €850 (about US$1,098 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"Magdeburg, ERZBISTUM Domkapitel, 1635-1638. Reichstaler 1638, Halle. Sehr schön. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 86, Osnabrück 2003, Nr. 1635. (Germany, archbishopric of Magdeburg, thaler of 1638, Halle mint. Very fine. From Kunker sale 86, lot 1635.)"

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. In 1638, when the new archbishop was installed, thalers were issued in numerous varieties (Dav-5495, -5495A, -5495B, -5495C, -5495D, -5495E, -5496, -5496A, -5496B, -5496C, -5497, -5498).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-5495, v. Schr. 722, KM 109.

Source:

  • 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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