Munster 1569 thaler Dav-9581

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from Künker sale 293, lot 13

This specimen was lot 13 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €950 (about US$1,281 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"MÜNSTER, BISTUM, Johann IV. von Hoya, 1566-1574. Taler 1569, Münster. Von großer Seltenheit. Henkelspur, sehr schön. (bishopric of Münster, John IV of Hoya, 1566-74, thaler of 1569, Munster mint. Of the greatest rarity, mount mark, very fine.)"

Recorded mintage: unknown but rare.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-9581A; Ilisch XXXIII, 1 c.

Source:

  • 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.
  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • [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.

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