Pfalz-Simmern 1572 thaler Dav-9635
This specimen was lot 682 in Stacks-Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2015), where it sold for $1,527.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Pfalz-Simmern. Taler, 1572. NGC EF-45. Toned with hints of rose, green, and pearl hues. Some wear, but an overall appealing piece. From the Rockaway Collection." The Palatinate, on the border with France, was divided several times. The Pfalz-Simmern line, founded 1410, expired in 1685 and the county passed to Pfalz-Neuburg. This thaler was issued 1572-74 along with a klippe double thaler (Dav-9634). Friedrich III succeeded to the duchy of Pfalz-Simmern in 1557 and to the electorate of Pfalz in 1559. Born a Catholic, he followed the Lutherans in the 1530's then switched to Calvinism in 1559-60, becoming one the first German princes to do so.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, 41 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Dav-9635; KM-MB158.
- 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]Ponterio, Richard, The January 2015 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Featuring the John W. Adams and Ray Czabor Collections, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2014.
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