View source for Cologne 1572 thaler Dav-9132

[[Image:SAlb52-867.jpg|550px|thumb|Steve Album sale 51, lot 867]]

This specimen was lot 867 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $510. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[German States, Cologne|COLOGNE]]: Salentin von Isenburg, 1567-1577, AR thaler, 1572, depicts federal shield with the coats of arms of Mainz, Cologne, Trier, Palatinate-Bavaria and Hesse, original toning but some edge clip issues, VF, ex Joe Sedillot Collection." The archbishopric of Cologne, like Mainz and Trier, was an ecclesiastical state along the river Rhine whose ruler was one of the Electors of the Empire. However, he did not rule Cologne itself, which had managed to make itself a free city. Cologne thalers of 1572 include KM MB246 (shown here, date on obverse, struck 1572-77), KM MB245 (date on reverse, struck 1572 only) and KM MB210/Dav-9155, struck by the city.

''Recorded mintage'': 25,000.

''Specification'': 29.2 g, silver, 41 mm diameter, plain edge, this specimen 28.87 g.

''Catalog reference:'' [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-9132]], KM MB246.

''[[Bibliography|Sources:]]'' 
* 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., ''[[Germany|Germanic]] Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II,'' Mountain View, CA: 1954.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, ''Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins,'' Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

''Links:''
* [[Cologne 1568 thaler Dav-9128|1568 thaler, St. Peter facing left]]
* [[Cologne 1568 thaler Dav-9155|1568 thaler, eagle reverse]]
* [[Cologne 1569 thaler Dav-9129|1569 thaler, St. Peter facing right]]
* [[Cologne 1574 thaler Dav-9155|1574 thaler, eagle reverse]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1572]]

[[Category:Selections from Stephen Album sale 51]][[Category:Silver thalers of Germany]]