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[[Image:Lubeck K335-4031.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 335, lot 4031]]
[[Image:Ratzeburg 1648.jpg|550px|thumb|city and bishopric of Lübeck in 1648]]

This specimen was lot 4031 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €380 (about US$497 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''LÜBECK, STADT. Reichstaler (32 Schilling) 1603, mit Titel Rudolfs II. und dem Abzeichen des Bürgermeisters Gotthard von Höveln. R Winz. Sammlerpunze im Rand, kl. Schrötlingsfehler, sehr schön +.'' ([[Germany]], city of [[German States, Lubeck|Lubeck]], thaler of 1603, in the name of Rudolf II and the badge of mayor Gotthard of Hoveln. Scarce, small punch mark on the edge, scratches, very fine or better.)"</blockquote> This type, unlike [[Lubeck (1603-09) thaler Dav-LS331|Dav-LS331]], was struck using dies of ordinary diameter (40-42 mm). It is listed for 1601-04 and, tho scarce, is not rare lie the broad thaler.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' silver, this specimen 28,97 g.

''Catalog reference:'' KM A11, [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-5444]]; Behrens 130 a. 

''[[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 Secular Talers, 1600-1700,'' Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1976.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, ''Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection.'' Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.

''Link to:''
* [[Lubeck (1603-09) thaler Dav-LS331|(1603-09) thaler]]
* [[Lubeck (1603-09) 2 thaler Dav-LS329|(1603-09) double thaler]]
* [[Lubeck 1604 ducat Fr-1477|1604 ducat]]
* [[Lubeck 1605 thaler Dav-5445|1605 thaler]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1603]]

[[Category: Silver thalers of Germany]][[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 335, 336]]