View source for Emden 1564 thaler Dav-9610

[[Image:Emden 1564 thaler obv Heritage 3021-20634.jpg|300px|thumb|Heritage sale 3021, lot 20634]]
[[Image:Emden 1564 thaler rev Heritage 3021-20634.jpg|300px|thumb]]
[[Image:Ostfriesland Sincona 22-01599q00.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 22, lot 1599]]
[[Image:Emden 1648.jpg|550px|thumb|Emben in 1648, from Putzger's atlas]]

The first specimen was lot 20634 in Heritage sale 3021 (New York, January 2013), where it sold for $1,527.50. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Emden. Johan von Rietberg Taler 1564, AU55 NGC, nicely struck with aged silver and gray surfaces, very scarce quality." The second specimen was lot 1599 in Sincona sale 22 (Zürich, May 2015), where it sold for 260 CHF (about US$327 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[2]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Ostfriesland, Grafschaft, Edzard II., Christoph und Johann, 1540-1566 Taler 1564. Emden. Sehr schön.'' ([[Germany]], county of Ostfriesland, Edward II, Christoph and John (1540-66), thaler of 1564, Emden mint, very fine.)"</blockquote> This may be the most common of the very scarce issues from this windswept locale on the North Sea. Edzard II survived until 1599. In the sixteenth century, Emden was an insignificant fishing village in Ostfriesland on the border between Germany and the Netherlands (then still part of the Empire). It rose in importance during the industrialization of the late nineteenth century and received the attention of several devastating bombing raids during World War Two.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' silver. 

''Catalog reference:'' [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-9610]].

''[[Bibliography|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., ''[[Germany|Germanic]] Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II,'' Mountain View, CA: 1954. 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, ''Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3021, featuring the Cecil Webster, Richard P. Ariagno and Elizabeth McPhall Charters Collection,'' Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2012. 
* <sup>[2]</sup>Richter, Jürg, Ruedi Kunzmann and Arne Kirsch, ''Collection Fumatori, Auction 22,'' Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2015. 

''Link to:''
* [[Ostfriesland (1540-66) thaler Dav-9612]]
* [[Henneberg 1562 thaler Dav-9254a]]
* [[Jever (15)67 thaler Dav-9340]]
* [[Ostfriesland 1568 thaler Dav-9613]]
* [[Emden 1674 2 thaler Dav-A5251]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1564]]
* return to coins of [[German States, Ostfriesland]]

[[Category: Silver thalers of Germany]][[Category:Selections from Heritage sale 3021]][[Category:Selections from Sincona sale 21, 22, 23]]