Mansfeld-Friedeburg 1603-GM 1/2 thaler
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This specimen was lot 1010 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €190 (about US$256 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"MANSFELD, MANSFELD-FRIEDEBURG, GRAFSCHAFT, Peter Ernst I. Bruno II. Wilhelm I. und Johann Georg IV. 1601-1604. 1/2 Reichstaler 1603, Eisleben. Kl. Randfehler, sehr schön. (Germany, county of Mansfeld-Friedeburg, joint rule of Peter Ernest I, Bruno II, William I and John George IV, 1601-04, half thaler of 1603, Eisleben mint. Edge defects, very fine.)"
This type of 1602-04 is fairly expensive for a German minor.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Tornau 650 b, KM 11.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 293: Münzen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. die westfälischen Privatsammlungen Werner Bröker und Bernd Terletzki, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.
Link to:
- 1604-GM thaler
- Coins and currency dated 1603
- return to coins of German States, Mansfeld