Saxe-Lauenburg 1610 1-1/2 thaler Dav-LS429
This specimen was lot 3995 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €8,500 (about US$11,123 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"LAUENBURG, HERZOGTUM. Franz II. 1581-1619. Breiter 1 1/2facher Reichstaler 1610, Lauenburg. Geharnischtes Hüftbild r. mit umgelegter Feldbinde, mit der Rechten das Zepter schulternd, davor Helm//Dreifach behelmtes, vierfeldiges Wappen. Von großer Seltenheit. Attraktives Exemplar mit feiner Patina, Felder min. altgeglättet, sehr schön +. (Germany, duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg, Francis II, 1581-1619, 1½ thaler of 1610, Lauenburg mint. Obverse: armored bust right with helmet and scepter; reverse: triple helmeted, quartered arms. Very rare, attractive example with fine patina, fields smoothed, very fine or better.)"
Lauenburg, upstream of the Elbe from Hamburg, was ruled by a family of Saxon dukes from 1260 until 1689, whereupon it was annexed by Brunswick-Luneburg. This type was accompanied by a very similar 1¼ thaler (Dav-LS431B) and other multiple thalers.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 42.74 g.
Catalog reference: KM 22, Dav-LS429; Dorfmann 19; Schnee A 11.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Davenport, John S., Large Size Silver Coins of the World, 16th-19th Centuries, 3rd Ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1991.
- Gernot Schnee, Sächsiche Taler, 1500-1800. Frankfurt Am Main, P. N. Schulten, 1982.
- [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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