Mainz 1674-MF 2 thaler Dav-5559

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Künker sale 386, lot 4872

This specimen was lot 4872 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €28,000 (about US$36,182 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"MAINZ, ERZBISTUM, Lothar Friedrich von Metternich-Burscheid, 1673-1675. Dicker doppelter Reichstaler 1674, Mainz. * LOTHAR : FRID : D : G : ARCHIEP . MOG . S : R : I : PER : GERM : AR : C : P : E : Brustbild r. in geistlichem Ornat//EPIS : WOR : ET SPIR : PRÆPOS : WEIS : ET ODEN : 1674 MF (Matthias Fischer, Münzmeister in Mainz 1652-1682) Sechsfach behelmtes, sechsfeldiges Wappen (Worms, Mainz, Speyer / Weißenburg, Mainz, Worms) mit Mittelschild von Metternich, dahinter Krumm- und Kreuzstab sowie Schwert gekreuzt. Von großer Seltenheit. Prachtexemplar. Hübsche Patina, vorzüglich. Aus der Sammlung Heinz Beaury. Exemplar der Slg. Schink, Auktion Frankfurter Münzhandlung 140, Frankfurt/Main 1993, Nr. 911. (archbishopric of Mainz, Lothar Frederick of Metternich-Burscheid, 1673-75, thick double thaler of 1674, Mainz mint. Obverse: bust right in bishop's robe; reverse: six helmeted, six-fold arms of Worms, Mainz and Speyer with escutcheon of Metternich, cross, crozier and sword behind. Extremely rare, outstanding example, handsome patina, extremely fine.)"

The archbishops of Mainz were prolific issuers of gold coins in the late middle ages but output dropped in the late fifteenth century, never to recover. The archbishops issued double thalers only sporadically in the seventeenth century and all are rare. This is the only one of Lothar Friedrich. There is also a single thaler (Dav-5560).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 57.34 g.

Catalog reference: KM 131, Dav-5559; Slg. Walther 345; Slg. Pick 490.

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 386: Brakteaten | Mainz | Bibliothek Prof. Dr. Niklot Klüßendorf | Mittelalter und Neuzeit | Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023.

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