Nurnberg 1677 thaler Dav-5659

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Künker sale 263, lot 1068

This specimen was lot 1068 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €1,400 (about US$1,809 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"NÜRNBERG, STADT Reichstaler 1677. RR Hübsche Patina, sehr schön +. (Germany, city of Nuremberg, thaler of 1677. Rare, toned, very fine or better.)"

This is the final date of a type previously struck 1658-63. Despite the five available dates, it is expensive, unlike the those issued during the Thirty Years War (Dav-5647).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-5659; Kellner 258, KM 172.

Source:

  • [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 263, The Friedrich Popken collection of gold and silver coinages | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the collection of Ernst Otto Horn, part III, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.

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