Schwarzburg 1557 thaler Dav-9828
This specimen was lot 73343 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2023), where it sold for $720. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Schwarzburg. Taler, 1557. Arnstadt Mint. Guenther XLI, with Johann Guenther. PCGS Genuine--Tooled, EF Details. Quite a RARE and seldom encountered type, this specimen does exhibit some wear to the higher points and tooling around the legends on each side, but also stands out in that it features not only a wildman, but a 'wildwoman' as well. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This thaler is from the fifth joint coinage and was struck 1552, 1556-58 and undated. It is rather expensive, even in worn condition. Schwarzburg in Thuringia was partitioned and reunited several times, the most important partition being that of 1583, when Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and Schwarzburg-Sondershausen were created. In 1557, Gunther XLI was count of Schwarzburg-Arnstadt and John Gunther was count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen. Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt survived until 1918 and Schwarzburg-Sondershausen fell extinct in 1909.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-9828; KM-MB7.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1500-1600, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1979.
- Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the David Sterling Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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