Rostock 1637 thaler Dav-5795
This specimen was lot 4248 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €2,600 (about US$3,402 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"ROSTOCK, STADT. Reichstaler (32 Schilling) 1637, mit Titel Ferdinands III. Attraktives Exemplar mit hübscher Patina, winz. Randfehler, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, city of Rostock. Thaler of 1637, in the name of Ferdinand III. Attractive example with handsome patina, edge defects, very fine to extremely fine.)"
The city of Rostock was under the sovereignty of the dukes of Mecklenburg but claimed the mint right as a member of the Hanseatic League. Her issues in the seventeenth century are sparse and expensive. Another thaler, Dav-5794, was struck in the name of Ferdinand II.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 28,40 g.
Catalog reference: KM 75, Dav-5795; Kunzel 89 A/e.
- 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.
- [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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