Mansfeld-Eisleben 1579 thaler Dav-9495
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This specimen was lot 55697 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Pittsburgh, PA, August 2023), where it sold for $192. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Mansfeld-Eisleben. Taler, 1579. Johann Georg I, Peter Ernst I & Johann Hoyer II. PCGS Genuine--Tooled, EF Details. From an Old Brooklyn Collection." Mansfeld and its subdivisions were counties of utmost insignificance except for its silver mines which provided the material for an abundance of thalers. This type was issued 1577-79 as part of the eighth joint coinage.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM MB63, Dav-9495
- 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.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2023 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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