View source for Isny 1554 thaler Dav-9322A

[[Image:Isny 1554 thaler Sincona 13-2098.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 13, lot 2098]]
[[Image:Isny c1806.jpg|550px|thumb|Isny in 1806, when it was annexed to Wurttemberg]]

This specimen was lot 2098 in Sincona sale 13 (Zürich, October 2013), where it sold for 14,000 CHF (about US$18,108 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "DEUTSCHLAND, Isny, Stadt, Taler 1554. Äusserst selten. Sehr schön. Ex. Coll. Huntington, Nr. 1492." This free city in Swabia issued a few thalers in the mid-sixteenth century, all rare. We have filed Isny under Wurttemberg because the town was annexed to the kingdom on 1803 as part of Napoleon's mediatization. Dav-9322A differs from Dav-9322 in the spelling of "NOV+CIVITATIS*".

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but scarce.

''Specification:'' silver, this specimen 30.60 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' Nau 259. Lanz 19, [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-9322A]]. 

''[[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>''Auktion 13: Münzen und Medaillen,'' Zürich: Sincona AG, 2013. 

''Link to:''
* [[Ulm 1547 thaler Dav-9926]]
* [[Henneberg 1553 thaler Dav-9252]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1554]]
* return to coins of [[German States, Wurttemberg]]

[[Category:Silver thalers of Germany]][[Category:Selections from Sincona sale 12, 13, 14, 15]]