View source for Halberstadt 1625 thaler Dav-5343

[[Image:Halberstadt Kunker 263-00101q00.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 263, lot 101]]
[[Image:Halberstadt 1547.jpg|550px|thumb|Halberstadt in 1547]]

The bishopric of Halberstadt was founded in the early ninth century. In 1479, a Saxon prince, greedy for the see's revenues, pushed out the reigning bishop and appointed his teenage son as administrator. No bishop was anointed to succeed him and the diocese was ruled by administrators thru the Reformation, which arrived in 1540. Various princes of the Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel family ruled 1566-1623, of which Christian was the last. The next administrator was a prince of the Hohenzollern family and the bishopric was annexed to Brandenburg by the terms of the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. It remained a part of Prussia until the end of the Wilhelmine empire. This specimen was lot 101 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €380 (about US$491 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Halberstadt, BISTUM Domkapitel. Reichstaler 1625 (Jahreszahl im Stempel aus 1623 geändert). R Kl. Schrötlingsfehler am Rand, leichte Prägeschwäche, sehr schön.'' (bishopric of Halberstadt, thaler of 1625, edge splits, lightly cleaned, very fine.)"</blockquote> The bishop, Christian, was from Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel but never ruled as duke there. This rare type is not awarded a photo in the SCWC.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' silver. 

''Catalog reference:'' Besser/Brämer/Bürger 45.52; [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-5343]], KM 43.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* 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 Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, ''Catalog 263, The Friedrich Popken collection of gold and silver coinages | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the collection of Ernst Otto Horn, part III,'' Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015. 

''Link to:''
* [[Halberstadt 1623 thaler Dav-5339|1623 thaler, St. Stephen reverse]]
* [[Halberstadt 1623-HS thaler Dav-6325|1623-HS thaler, wild man, Christian, bishop of Halberstadt]]
* [[Halberstadt 1625 1/8 thaler]]
* [[Ottingen 1625 thaler Dav-7137]]
* [[Halberstadt 1626-HS thaler Dav-5345]]
* [[Halberstadt 1626-HS thaler Dav-6327|1626-HS thaler, on the death of the bishop]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1625]]
* return to coins of [[German States, Halberstadt]]

[[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 263, 264]][[Category:Silver thalers of Germany]]