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[[Image:K386-05292.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 386, lot 5292]]
[[Image:Cleve-Mark 1789.JPG|550px|thumb|Cleve and Mark in 1789, from Putzger's atlas]]

This specimen was lot 5292 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €480 (about US$620 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''KLEVE, GRAFSCHAFT, SEIT 1417 HERZOGTUM, Johann II. 1481-1521. Doppelstüber 1507, Kleve. Doppelter Schwanenstüber. Feine Patina, sehr schön +. Aus der Sammlung "Cygnus in Nummis".'' ([[German States, Julich-Berg|duchy of Cleve]], John II, 1481-1521, double "swan" stuiver of 1507, Cleve mint. Fine patina, choice very fine.)"</blockquote> This obscure type was struck 1503, 1507 and undated. It was issued just prior to the merger of Cleve with Julich-Berg in 1521. Wikipedia comments, <blockquote>"The United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg was a combination of states of the Holy Roman Empire. The duchies of Jülich and Berg united in 1423. Nearly a century later, in 1521, these two duchies, along with the county of Ravensberg, fell extinct, with only the last duke's daughter Maria von Geldern left to inherit; under Salic law, women could only hold property through a husband or guardian, so the territories passed to her husband—and distant relative—John III, Duke of Cleves and Mark as a result of their strategic marriage in 1509. These united duchies controlled most of the present-day North Rhine-Westphalia that was not within the ecclesiastical territories of Electoral Cologne and Münster."</blockquote> When the last duke died in 1609, Brandenburg and Pfalz fought a war over the legacy and in 1624 partitioned it, an opening act of the Thirty Years War.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' silver, this specimen is 3.06 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' KM MB46, Noss 209 a. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Craig, William D., ''[[Germany|Germanic]] Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II,'' Mountain View, CA: 1954. 
* Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, ''Katalog 386: Brakteaten | Mainz | Bibliothek Prof. Dr. Niklot Klüßendorf | Mittelalter und Neuzeit | Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871,'' Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023. 

''Link to:''
* [[Cleves 1485 stuber|1485 stüber]]
* [[Julich-Cleve-Berg (1511-39) gulden Dav-8925]]
* [[Moers 1478 stuber]]
* [[Cleve 1502 hornsgulden]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1507]]

[[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 384, 385, 386]][[Category: Minor coinage of the German states]]