Pomerania 1647 thaler Dav-4573
This specimen was lot 4333 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €1,500 (about US$1,968 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"POMMERN, HERZOGTUM UNTER SCHWEDEN, Christina, 1637-1654. Reichstaler 1647, Stettin. Münzmeister Ulrich Butkau. Variante mit REGINA am Ende der Vorderseitenumschrift. R Hübsche Patina, winz. Schrötlingsfehler am Rand, sehr schön. (Germany, duchy of Pomerania, under Swedish rule, queen Christina, 1637-54, thaler of 1647, Stettin mint, variety with "REGINA" at the end of the obverse legend. Rare, handsome patina, edge defects, very fine.)"
This type was struck 1642, 1644 and 1647 for queen Christina. In 1654, Christina abdicated and moved to Rome. On the death of the last native duke in 1637, the Pomerania was contested between Sweden and Brandenburg until they agreed to partition it by the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. Prussia nibbled away at the Swedish holdings until she seized the remainder in 1815.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 28.42 g.
Catalog reference: KM 193.2, Dav-4573; Ahlström 18.
- Bjorne Ahlstrom, Yngve Almer and Bengt Hemmingson, Sveriges Mynt, 1521-1977, the Coinage of Sweden. Stockholm: Numismatika Bokforlaget AB, 1976.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
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