View source for Munster 1638-EK 2 thaler Dav-5594

[[Image:K406-4303.jpg|850px|thumb|Künker sale 406, lot 4303]]

This specimen was lot 4303 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabruck, March 2024), where it sold for €2,400 (about US$3,149 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''MÜNSTER, BISTUM, Ferdinand von Bayern, 1612-1650. Doppelter Reichstaler 1638, Münster. Von größter Seltenheit. Stark justiert, kl. Randfehler, sehr schön.'' ([[Germany]], [[German States, Munster|bishopric of Munster]], Ferdinand of Bavaria, 1612-50, double thaler of 1638, Munster mint. Extremely rare, heavily adjusted, small rim bumps, very fine.)"</blockquote> The SCWC notes three different double thalers for 1638: KM 18/[[Munster 1647-EK 2 thaler Dav-B5592|Dav-B5592]], KM 19/Dav-C5592 and KM 20/Dav-5594, shown here. The SCWC doesn't show images or prices for any of them. The use of German and blackletter text on coins was rare on coins but common on medals; however, the weight was less critical on medals and adjustment marks are rare therein. All the thalers of Munster are scarce. The town and the region were thoroughly devastated by the Thirty Years War and never recovered. The bishop succeeded in establishing the Counter-Reformation there and holding the region for the Catholic Church. Ferdinand was also bishop of Hildesheim, Liege and Paderborn and archbishop of Cologne.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' silver, this specimen 57.92 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' KM 20, [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-5594]]; Schulze 29. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Craig, William D., ''[[Germany|Germanic]] Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II,'' Mountain View, CA: 1954. 
* 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.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, ''Katalog 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection,'' Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

''Link to:''
* [[Munster 1634 thaler Dav-5591|1634 thaler]]
* [[Munster 1636 goldgulden Fr-1762|1636 goldgulden]]
* [[Munster (1640) 4 ducats Fr-1765a|(1640) 4 ducats]]
* [[Munster 1641 ducat Fr-1766|1641 ducat]]
* [[Munster 1647-EK 2 thaler Dav-B5592|1647-EK double thaler]]
* [[Munster 1650-EK thaler Dav-5597|1650 thaler]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1638]]

[[Category: Selections from Kunker sale 403, 404, 405, 406]][[Category: Silver thalers of Germany]]