Thann 1556 thaler Dav-9910

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Künker sale 293, lot 1922
Franche Comte in 1648, from Putzger's Atlas. Thann is visible between Belfort and Murbach

This specimen was lot 1922 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabruck, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €4,400 (about US$5,930 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"FRANKREICH/ELSASS, THANN, STADT, Taler 1556. RR Attraktives Exemplar mit hübscher Patina, sehr schön +. (French states, city of Thann, thaler of 1556, rare, attractive example with handsome patina, very fine or better.)"

Davenport lists this rare type for 1542-57. A double thaler (Dav-9909) also exists. Thann, in upper Alsace near Strasbourg, was then in the Empire but has been part of France since the late 1600's.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Engel/Lehr 19 var, Dav-9910.

Source:

  • Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1500-1600, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1979.
  • Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 293: Münzen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. die westfälischen Privatsammlungen Werner Bröker und Bernd Terletzki, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.

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