Mansfeld-Schraplau (15)47 1/4 thaler
This specimen was lot 186 in Sincona sale 69 (Zürich, May 2021), where it sold for 400 CHF (about US$531 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DEUTSCHLAND | Mansfeld, Grafschaft | Hinterortische Linie Schraplau. Gebhard VII., Johann Georg I. und Peter Ernst I. 1547-1558. 1/4 Taler 1547, Eisleben. Der hl. Georg hinter dem unbehelmten Wappen. Rv. Zweifach behelmtes Wappen. Sehr selten / Very rare. Sehr schön. (Germany, county of Mansfeld-Schraplau, Gebhard VII, John George I and Peter Ernest I, 1547-58, quarter thaler of 1547, Eisleben mint. Obverse: St. George; reverse: two helmeted arms. Very fine.)"
This type was struck 1547 only in Mansfeld-Schraplau, a county of utmost insignificance except for its silver mines which provided the material for an abundance of thalers. Mansfeld-Schraplau was erected in 1501 and fell extinct in 1602 and passed to Mansfeld-Hinterort. This is from the fourth of six different issues of joint coinages.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 7.04 g.
Catalog reference: KM MB20, Tornau 917 a.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
- [1]Jürg Richter, Auction 69, World Coins and Medals, Bullion Auction and Chinese Banknotes, Part 1, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2021.
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