View source for Julich-Berg 1567 thaler Dav-8933

[[Image:Julich Kunker 263-969q00.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 263, lot 969]]

This specimen was lot 969 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €480 (about US$620 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''JÜLICH-BERG, HERZOGTUM Wilhelm V. 1539-1592. Taler 1567, Mülheim. Kl. Schrötlingsfehler, sehr schön.'' ([[Germany]], duchy of Julich-Berg, William V, 1539-92, thaler of 1567, Mulheim mint. Planchet cracks, very fine.)"</blockquote> The duke of Berg, also duke of Cleve and Julich, count of Mark and Ravensberg, ruled a substantial territory in the lower Rhineland surrounding the archbishopric of [[Cologne 1568 thaler Dav-9155|Cologne]]. This type was issued 1567-74. When the last duke died in 1609, Brandenburg and Pfalz fought a war over the legacy and in 1624 partitioned it, an opening act of the Thirty Years War.

''Recorded mintage:'' 63,000 (including Dav-8932 and Dav-8933A).

''Specification:'' silver. 

''Catalog reference:'' KM MB25, [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-8933]]; Noss 331. 

''[[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>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:''
* [[Julich-Cleve-Berg (1511-39) gulden Dav-8925]]
* [[Julich-Cleve-Berg (1543) thaler Dav-8930|(1543) thaler, capped bust of the duke]]
* [[Julich-Cleve-Berg (1543) thaler Dav-8931|(1543) thaler]]
* [[Herford 1552 1/2 thaler]]
* [[Jever (15)67 thaler Dav-9340]]
* [[Cologne 1568 thaler Dav-9155]]
* [[Julich-Cleve-Berg 1568 thaler Dav-9108|1568 thaler, bust left]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1567]]
* return to coins of [[German States, Julich-Berg]]

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