Mansfeld-Schraplau (1566-71) thaler Dav-9521
This specimen was lot 2232 in Künker Auction 425 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €460 (about US$652 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DEUTSCHE MÜNZEN UND MEDAILLEN · MANSFELD-SCHRAPLAU, GRAFSCHAFT Christoph II., Johann Albrecht und Bruno II., 1558-1586. Reichstaler o. J., Eisleben. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 308, Osnabrück 2018, Nr. 2894. (Germany, county of Mansfeld-Schraplau, Christopher II, John Albert and Bruno II, 1558-86, undated thaler, Eisleben mint. Very fine to extremely fine.)"
This is one of several undated thalers from this reign: KM MB55/Dav-9522, KM MB56/Dav-9522A, KM MB57/Dav-9523B. This type is also known dated 1566 and 1570-71. Mansfeld-Schraplau was 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.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: silver, this specimen 28,75 g.
Catalog reference: KM MB54, Dav-9521; Tornau 946 h.
- 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]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 425: Gold coins from the Medieval and Modern Times, from the Mohr family collection, e.g. | Silver coins, e.g. highlights of medallic art | German coins after 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.
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