Stolberg-Stolberg 1652-IK thaler Dav-7786

Künker sale 263, lot 1385

Stolberg in 1789, with Wernigerode to the northwest near Halberstadt

This specimen was lot 1385 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €950 (about US$1,227 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"STOLBERG-STOLBERG, GRAFSCHAFT (DIE JÜNGERE STOLBERGER HAUPTLINIE AUS DER TEILUNG VON 1645) Johann Martin, 1638-1669. Reichstaler 1652, Rottleberode. Hübsche Patina, feiner Prägeglanz, sehr schön +. (Germany, county of Stolberg-Stolberg, younger line, John Martin, 1638-69, thaler of 1652. Toned, very fine.)"

This thaler was issued twelve times during 1645-63 yet remains scarce.

Recorded mintage: unknown but scarce.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-7786; Friederich 1177, KM 72.

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.

Link to:

• 1647-IK thaler
• 1647-IK ducat
• 1653-IK thaler
• Coins and currency dated 1652
• return to coins of German States, Stolberg