Mecklenburg 1540 thaler Dav-9539
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This specimen was lot 41499 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $720. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Mecklenburg. Taler, 1540. Heinrich V. NGC EF Details--Obverse Graffiti." This type, struck 1540 only, is rare. Mecklenburg was united 1471-1621. Several lines ruled jointly. The final partition into Mecklenburg-Schwerin and -Strelitz occurred in 1621. Never a prosperous state, Mecklenburg issues are few and scarce.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM MB103, Dav-9539.
- 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, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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