View source for Hameln 1544 thaler Dav-9229

[[Image:Hameln Sincona 23-02144q00.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 23, lot 2144]]
[[Image:Hameln 1648.jpg|550px|thumb|Hameln in 1648. It lies on the Weser between Hanover and Lippe]]

This specimen was lot 2144 in Sincona sale 23 (Zürich, May 2015), where it did not sell. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Hameln, Stadt, Taler 1544. RR Sehr schön.'' ([[Germany]], city of Hamelin, thaler of 1544, very rare, very fine.)"</blockquote> This town in Brunswick-Luneburg issued thalers in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It is most famous as the place where the Pied Piper allegedly tooted away all the rats. This issue is indeed rare.

''Reported Mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' silver, this specimen 28.71 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' Kalvelage/Schrock 16a; [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-9229]].

''[[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>Richter, Jürg, Ruedi Kunzmann and Arne Kirsch, ''Collection Fumatori, Auction 22,'' Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2015. 

''Link to:''
* [[Luneburg 1548 thaler Dav-9419]]
* [[Hameln 1556 thaler Dav-9232]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1544]]
* return to coinage of [[German States, Brunswick-Luneburg]]

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