Mansfeld-Eigentliche-Hinterort 1622-AK thaler Dav-7006A
This specimen was lot 4141 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €500 (about US$654 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"MANSFELD, MANSFELD-HINTERORTISCHE LINIE, GRAFSCHAFT. Friedrich Christoph allein, 1610-1631. Reichstaler 1622, Eisleben. Feine Patina, sehr schön +. (Germany, county of Mansfeld-Hinterort, Frederick Christopher, 1610-31, thaler of 1622, Eisleben mint. Fine patina, very fine or better.)"
Mansfeld-Eigentliche-Hinterort was a county of utmost insignificance except for its silver mines which provided the material for an abundance of thalers. Duke David ruled 1592-1628 and Frederick Christopher 1609-31; the line went extinct in 1666. This type was struck 1622 only and is somewhat scarce.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 28.86 g.
Catalog reference: KM 136, Dav-7006A; Tornau 1293 y.
- 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 Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
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