Mainz 1614 thaler Dav-5536A

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Künker sale 404, lot 2303

This specimen was lot 2303 in Künker sale 404 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €6,500 (about US$8,529 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"DAS ERZBISTUM MAINZ. ERZBISCHOF JOHANN SCHWEIKARD VON KRONBERG, 1604-1626. Prägungen der Münzstätte Frankfurt am Main auf die Einweihung des Aschaffenburger Schlosses 1614. Dicker Reichstaler 1614, Frankfurt am Main, auf die Einweihung des Aschaffenburger Schlosses am 17. Februar. Geprägt mit den Stempeln des Halbtalers. Münzmeister Daniel Ayrer. Stempelschneider Lorenz Schilling. Dreifach behelmtes, vierfeldiges Wappen (Mainz/Kronberg), dahinter Krummstab und Schwert gekreuzt//Ansicht des Schlosses aus der Vogelperspektive, darunter Signatur LS, l. neben dem Schloss das alchemistische Zeichen für Quecksilber. Von großer Seltenheit. Graffito, sehr schön. Exemplar der Auktion Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 416, Frankfurt/Main 2016, Nr. 1341. (Germany, archbishopric of Mainz, John Schweikard of Kronberg, 1604-26, thick thaler of 1614, Frankfurt mint, struck for the opening of Aschaffenburg Castle on February 17th, struck using half thaler dies. Obverse: triple-helmeted, quarter arms of Mainz and Kronberg; reverse: aerial view of the castle, engraver's initials below, next to the castle is the alchemical symbol for mercury. Extremely rare, graffiti, very fine.)"

This very rare type accompanied a quarter thaler, half thaler and double thaler. Thalers exist struck using half thaler dies (Dav-5536) and in klippe format (Dav-5536B). Some of these are signed LS but this one is not.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 29,07 g.

Catalog reference: KM 19, Dav-5536A; Pr. Alex. 334; Slg. Pick I (Auktion Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 405) -; Slg. Walther 225 var.

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • 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, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 404: Coins and Medals of the City of Mainz - The Prof. Dr. Eckhart Pick Collection, Part II, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

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