Nurnberg 1630 thaler Dav-5649

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Künker sale 354, lot 5822

This specimen was lot 5822 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €2,000 (about US$2,784 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"NÜRNBERG, STADT, Reichstaler 1630, mit Titel Ferdinands II. R Kl. Zainende, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, city of Nuremberg, thaler of 1630, struck in the name of Ferdinand II. Clipped, very fine to extremely fine.)"

This is one of the scarcer types from this city. The date is in a chronogram.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 29,16 g.

Catalog reference: KM 105, Dav-5649; Kellner 243.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Davenport, John S., German Church and City Talers, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1967.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 354: Munzen und Medaillen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. Braunschweig-Luneburg. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.

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