Pomerania 1629 thaler Dav-7267
This specimen was lot 4205 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €8,000 (about US$10,469 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"POMMERN, POMMERN, HERZOGTUM NACH DER LANDESVEREINIGUNG. Bogislaw XIV. (1620-) 1625-1637. Reichstaler 1629, Stettin. RR Schöne Patina, vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 107, Osnabrück 2006, Nr. 789 (dort mit falscher Hildisch Nr.). (Germany, unified duchy of Pomerania, Bogislav XIV, 1625-37, thaler of 1629, Stettin mint. Rare, nice patina.)"
We don't this this issue in the SCWC, nor the others Davenport mentions for 1629 (Dav-7268, -7269, -7270). On the lapse of the dynasty in 1637, the duchy was contested between Sweden and Brandenburg until they agreed to partition it by the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. As Sweden gradually weakened, Brandenburg (later Prussia) gradually nibbled away at the Swedish portion until the remainder was seized in 1815.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 28.45 g.
Catalog reference: KM A257, Dav-7267; Hildisch 313; Slg. Hahn (Auktion Künker 224) 1304; Olding 207 a.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
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