Mecklenburg-Gustrow 1633 thaler Dav-7060

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Künker sale 400, lot 171

This specimen was lot 171 in Künker sale 400 (Berlin, February 2024), where it sold for €4,800 (about US$6,227 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"MECKLENBURG-GÜSTROW, HERZOGTUM, Johann Albrecht II. 1611-1636. Reichstaler 1633, Gnoien. Von großer Seltenheit. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 84, Osnabrück 2003, Nr. 4049. (Germany, duchy of Mecklenburg-Gustrow, John Albert II, 1611-36, thaler of 1633, Gnoien mint. Extremely rare, very fine to extremely fine.)"

The states of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Gustrow were traded within the same family. The dukes of Mecklenburg-Gustrow included Albrecht VII (1503-47), Johann Albrecht (1547-55), Ulrich III (1555-1603), Carl (1603-10), Johann Albrecht II (1610-28, 1632-36) and Gustav Adolf (1636-95). The state lapsed on Gustav Adolf's death. Never a prosperous state, Mecklenburg issues are few and scarce. This thaler is listed for 1633-35.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 28.15 g.

Catalog reference: KM 66, Dav-7060; Kunzel 436 A/a.

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • 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, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 400: Selected löser of the Dukes of Guelph from the Friedrich Popken Collection | Numismatic treasures from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. "multiple portraits" from a Westphalian private collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

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