Mansfeld-Bornstedt 1667-ABK thaler Dav-6931
This specimen was lot 2230 in Künker Auction 425 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €950 (about US$1,345 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DEUTSCHE MÜNZEN UND MEDAILLEN · MANSFELD-BORNSTEDT, GRAFSCHAFT Franz Maximilian und Heinrich Franz, 1644-1692. Reichstaler 1667, Eisleben. R Hübsche Patina, min. Kratzer im Feld der Vorderseite, vorzüglich. (Germany, county of Mansfeld-Bornstedt, Francis Maximilian and Henry Francis, 1644-92, thaler of 1667, Eisleben mint. Rare, handsome patina, light scratches in the obverse field, extremely fine.)"
It seems the various branches of the Mansfeld line all lived in Schloss Mansfeld but occupied different parts: Vorderort (outer castle), Mittelort (middle castle) and Hinterort (inner castle). The properties were shuffled among the various lines when the counts failed to produce heirs. In 1580, the elector of Saxony seized most of the property for debt. This type was struck 1669-70 along with KM 119 and KM 120. The last line died out in 1780 and the elector annexed what remained of the domain. A variety of this one year type exists (KM 111/Dav-6931A) with a small dragon.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 29 g, 0.875 fine silver, 42 mm diameter, this specimen 29,02 g.
Catalog reference: KM 110, Dav-6931; Tornau 289 k.
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- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Davenport, John S., German Secular Talers, 1600-1700, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1976.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 425: Gold coins from the Medieval and Modern Times, from the Mohr family collection, e.g. | Silver coins, e.g. highlights of medallic art | German coins after 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.
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