View source for Magdeburg 1579 thaler Dav-9438

[[Image:Magdeburg Kunker 263-00357.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 263, lot 357]]
[[Image:Halberstadt 1547.jpg|550px|thumb|bishopric of Halberstadt in 1547. Magdeburg is to the northeast.]]

This specimen was lot 357 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €2,000 (about US$2,584 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Magdeburg, ERZBISTUM Joachim Friedrich von Brandenburg, 1566-1598. Reichstaler 1579, Magdeburg. Von großer Seltenheit. Teilweise dunkle Patina, vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Künker 33, Osnabrück 1996, Nr. 364.'' ([[Germany]], archbishopric of Magdeburg, Joachim Frederick of Brandenburg, 1566-98, thaler of 1579, Magdeburg mint. Of the greatest rarity, blotchy toning, extremely fine. From Kunker sale 33, lot 364.)"</blockquote> Davenport lists this one year type as rare and could not find a photo of it. By the second half of the sixteenth century, the archbishopric of Magdeburg was completely converted to Lutheranism yet the ecclesiastical state was not abolished. Instead, it became a puppet state of the elector of Brandenburg, who either appointed himself or one of his close relatives archbishop. Brandenburg annexed it outright in 1680.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' silver. 

''Catalog reference:'' [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-9438]], v. Schr. 232. 

''[[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:''
* [[Magdeburg 1542 thaler Dav-9433A|1542 thaler]]
* [[Magdeburg (1549) thaler Dav-9445|(1549) city thaler]]
* [[Magdeburg 1571 thaler Dav-9446|1571 city thaler]]
* [[Magdeburg (15)84-DS thaler Dav-9441|1584 thaler]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1579]]
* return to coins of [[German States, Brandenburg|Magdeburg]]

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