Silesia-Liegnitz-Brieg 1656 thaler Dav-7729

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Künker sale 263, lot 1356

This specimen was lot 1356 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €1,600 (about US$2,067 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"LIEGNITZ-BRIEG, HERZOGTUM Georg, Ludwig und Christian, 1639-1663. Reichstaler 1656, Brieg. R Feine Patina, winz. Graffiti, leichte Glättungsspuren, sehr schön +. (Germany, duchy of Silesia-Liegnitz-Brieg, George, Louis and Christian, 1639-63, thaler of 1656. Scarce, toning, some graffiti and a mount mark, very fine or better.)"

Silesia is considered a German State even tho the province was then under Austrian rule and is now in Poland.

Recorded mintage: unknown but rare.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-7729; F. u. S. 1749, KM 407.1.

Source:

  • [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 263, The Friedrich Popken collection of gold and silver coinages | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the collection of Ernst Otto Horn, part III, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015.
  • 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.

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