Stralsund 1628 thaler Dav-5824A
This specimen was lot 4612 in Künker sale 441 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €3,400 (about US$4,677 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"STRALSUND, STADT Reichstaler (32 Schilling) 1628, mit Titel Ferdinands II Die Rückseite mit höher sitzender Jahreszahl, die Umschrift endet mit AVG. RR Hübsche Patina, kl. Schrötlingsfehler am Rand, sehr schön +. Erworben 2010 von Manfred Olding, Osnabrück. (city of Stralsund, thaler or 32 schilling of 1628, struck in the name of Ferdinand II. The reverse features a higher-set date; the legend ends with AVG. Very rare, handsome patina, edge defects, very fine or better.)"
The SCWC lists the following thalers for 1628 from this state: KM 50/Dav-5823; KM 51/Dav-5824 (small tail, struck 1628-30 and 1639), KM A51/Dav-3824A (shown here), KM 52/Dav-LS496 and KM 53/Dav-LS500, all rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 28,47 g.
Catalog reference: KM A51, Bratring 49; Dav-5824A.
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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 Church and City Talers, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1967.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Frühjahrs-Auktion 441: Orders and Decorations from the Estate of Wilhelm, Duke of Bavaria (1752–1837), among others | Coins and Medals from the Middle Ages and Modern times, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Norway, and Saxony, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.
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