Stade 1621-HB thaler Dav-5811
This specimen was lot 1382 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €550 (about US$711 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Stade, STADT Reichstaler (32 Schilling) 1621, mit Titel Ferdinands II. RR Etwas poröser Schrötling, kl. Zainende, sehr schön. (Germany, city of Stade, thaler of 1621, in the name of Ferdinand II. Rare, somewhat porous, light scrtaches, very fine.)"
Most Bremen issues were emitted by the free city of Bremen, still today a major port on the North Sea coast of Germany. However, the hinterland formed the archbishopric of Bremen which persisted after the region converted to Lutheranism in the mid-1500's. This rare thaler was issued by the city of Stade, which lies on the Elbe downstream from Hamburg. Finally, as a consequence of the Thirty Years War, the state was secularized and handed over to the king of Sweden and ruled by him until 1719.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-5811; Bahrf. 26 f; KM 18.
- [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 Church and City Talers, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1967.
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