Strasbourg 1603 1/3 thaler

Ponterio sale 169, lot 10361

photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

Alsace and Strasbourg in 1547

This specimen was lot 10361 in Ponterio sale 169 (Baltimore, November 2012), where it sold for $352. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Strassburg. 1/3 Taler, 1603. NGC AU-50. Only a touch of rub. Well struck." This type was issued by the bishop 1602-08 and undated. The city of Strasbourg, strongly Protestant, issued its own coins but no third thalers. Strasbourg was annexed to France in 1681.

Recorded mintage: unknown but not expensive.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-244.

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 169: The November 2012 Baltimore Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2012.

Link to:

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• Coins and currency dated 1603
• return to coins of German States, Strassbourg