View source for Julich-Cleve-Berg 1569 thaler Dav-9108

[[Image:K386-05294.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 386, lot 5294]]

This specimen was lot 5294 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €1,600 (about US$2,068 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''KLEVE, GRAFSCHAFT, SEIT 1417 HERZOGTUM, Wilhelm V. 1539-1592. Reichstaler 1569, Kleve. Selten, besonders in dieser Erhaltung. Vorzüglich. Aus der Sammlung "Cygnus in Nummis".'' ([[German States, Julich-Berg|duchy of Cleve]], William V, 1539-92, thaler of 1569, Cleve mint. Scarce in this quality, extremely fine.)"</blockquote> This type was struck 1568-74, 1578 and 1583-84 and is quite scarce in nice condition. Wikipedia comments, <blockquote>"The United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg was a combination of states of the Holy Roman Empire. The duchies of Jülich and Berg united in 1423. Nearly a century later, in 1521, these two duchies, along with the county of Ravensberg, fell extinct, with only the last duke's daughter Maria von Geldern left to inherit; under Salic law, women could only hold property through a husband or guardian, so the territories passed to her husband—and distant relative—John III, Duke of Cleves and Mark as a result of their strategic marriage in 1509. These united duchies controlled most of the present-day North Rhine-Westphalia that was not within the ecclesiastical territories of Electoral Cologne and Münster."</blockquote> 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:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' silver, this specimen is 29.31 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' KM MB28, [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-9108]]; Noss 259. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Craig, William D., ''[[Germany|Germanic]] Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II,'' Mountain View, CA: 1954. 
* 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.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, ''Katalog 386: Brakteaten | Mainz | Bibliothek Prof. Dr. Niklot Klüßendorf | Mittelalter und Neuzeit | Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871,'' Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023. 

''Link to:''
* [[Julich-Cleve-Berg 1568 thaler Dav-9108|1568 thaler, bust left]]
* [[Julich-Berg 1570 thaler Dav-8934|1570 thaler, bust right]]
* [[Julich-Cleve-Berg 1570 thaler Dav-9108|1570 thaler, bust left]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1569]]

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