Magdeburg 1673-CP thaler Dav-5526
This specimen was lot 429 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €3,000 (about US$3,876 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Magdeburg, STADT Breiter Reichstaler 1673. Von großer Seltenheit. Hübsche Patina, winz. Schrötlingsfehler am Rand, sehr schön. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 98, Osnabrück 2005, Nr. 3900. (Germany, city of Magdeburg, wide thaler of 1673. Of the greatest rarity, nice toning, minor edge cracks, very fine. From Kunker sale 98, lot 3900.)"
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. This issue of 1673 is accompanied by a 1¼ (Dav-5525B) and double thalers (Dav-5525) struck from the same dies. The larger issues had the denomination punched in. The closely related Dav-5527 had a slightly different obverse legend.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-5526, v. Schr. 978, KM 307.
- 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 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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