Mansfeld-Eigentliche-Hinterort 1542 thaler Dav-9530
This specimen was lot 45760 in Stack's Bowers Summer 2026 Global Showcase Auction (Pittsburgh, September 2026), where it sold for $793. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Mansfeld-Eigentliche-Hinterort. Taler, 1542. Eisleben Mint. Albrecht VII, Philipp II, & Johann Georg I. PCGS EF-40. Wrongly attributed as Dav-9513 by PCGS. From the Heisner Collection from Down Under." This thaler was struck 1541-44 along with Dav-9531. 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). Wikipedia comments,
"To settle the enormous debts of the Counts of Mansfeld, their mighty neighbor Elector Augustus of Saxony urged Emperor Maximilian II to appoint a committee. On 15 March 1574, and again on 5 July 1574, in Leipzig and Halle, respectively, the surviving counts Hans Hoyer, Hans Georg, Hans Albrecht and Bruno concluded an agreement for the repayment of debts incurred by Counts Peter Ernst I von Mansfeld-Vorderort, Hans Ernst and Bruno von Mansfeld. The family's assets were confiscated in 1579, whereafter Imperial immediacy was lost and mediatized between the Electorate of Saxony and the Archbishopric of Magdeburg."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-9530; KM-MB2.
- Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1500-1600, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1979.
- Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, Summer 2026 Global Showcase Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2026.
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