Pomerania 1636 thaler Dav-7288
This specimen was lot 1100 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €1,200 (about US$1,550 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"POMMERN, HERZOGTUM NACH DER LANDESVEREINIGUNG VON 1625 Bogislaw XIV. (1620-) 1625-1637. Reichstaler 1636, Köslin. Slg. Hahn (Auktion Künker 224) -. R Attraktives Exemplar mit feiner Patina, kl. Schrötlingsfehler am Rand, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, duchy of Pomerania, Bogislaw XIV, 1625-37, thaler of 1636, Koslin mint. Scarce, attractive example with toning, edge cracks, very fine to extremely fine.)"
On the lapse of the dynasty in 1625, 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.
Catalog reference: Dav-7288; Hildisch 328 Var.; KM 88 (listed under Pomerania--Cammin).
- 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]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.
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