Saxe-Lauenburg 1613-IG thaler Dav-7342
This specimen was lot 4235 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €1,800 (about US$2,362 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"LAUENBURG, HERZOGTUM, Franz II. 1581-1619. Reichstaler 1613, Lauenburg. RR Hübsche Patina, sehr schön. (duchy of Lauenburg, Francis II, 1581-1619, thaler of 1613, Lauenburg mint. Very rare, handsome patina, very fine.)"
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. The thalers from this locale, including this one, are generally rare, but this one is probably the most available. It was struck 1613, 1617 and 1619.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 28.19 g.
Catalog reference: KM 39, Dav-7342; Dorfmann 27; Schnee A 16.
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- 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.
- Gernot Schnee, Sächsiche Taler, 1500-1800. Frankfurt Am Main, P. N. Schulten, 1982.
- [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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