Pomerania-Stettin 1617 thaler Dav-7224
This specimen was lot 52244 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Pittsburgh, PA, August 2023), where it sold for $9,000. The catalog description[1] noted, "Exceptionally Preserved Reformation Taler. GERMANY. Pomerania-Stettin. Taler, 1617. Philipp II. NGC AU-55. This exceptional and most demanded of European Talers commemorates the Centennial of the Protestant Reformation in the most beautiful of ways. The incredible character of the engraving is well presented on the broad and lustrous flan of this example, with a crisp and exacting strike. Slate gray toning coats the surfaces, with a soft brilliance about underneath. The wholesome character of the surfaces is unblighted by major wearing, with circulation being limited to only the highest elements of the design. A piece that is certain to excite any specialist in Talers, and one for which there will be no shortage of active bidders. From the Alicia & Sid Belzberg Collection." This issue was accompanied by an eighth, quarter, half, double and triple thaler and goldgulden. On the death of the last native duke in 1637, the duchy was contested between Sweden and Brandenburg until they agreed to partition it by the Peace of Westphalia in 1648.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 28.44 g, silver, 40 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Dav-7224; KM-46; Hildian-83; Whiting-63.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Davenport, John S., German Secular Talers, 1600-1700, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1976.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2023 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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