View source for Mainz 1638-BS thaler Dav-5549

[[Image:K386-04717.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 386, lot 4717]]

This specimen was lot 4717 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €1,200 (about US$1,551 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''MAINZ, ERZBISTUM, Anselm Casimir Wamboldt von Umstadt, 1629-1647. Reichstaler 1638, BS, Mainz. Kleines Brustbild. Schöne Patina, sehr schön-vorzüglich. Erworben von der Münzenhandlung Waldemar Wruck, Berlin.'' (archbishopric of [[German States, Mainz|Mainz]], Anselm Casimir Wamboldt von Umstadt, 1629-47, thaler of 1638, Mainz mint, small bust. Nice patina, very fine to extremely fine.)"</blockquote> The archbishops of Mainz were prolific issuers of gold coins in the late middle ages but output dropped in the late fifteenth century, never to recover. This type was struck 1637-39. Anselm Casimir also struck some very similar thalers ([[Mainz 1637-BS thaler Dav-5548|Dav-5548]]) with the date in the legend.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' silver, this specimen 28.79 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' KM 70, [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-5549]]; Slg. Walther 262; Slg. Pick -. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Craig, William D., ''[[Germany|Germanic]] Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II,'' Mountain View, CA: 1954. 
* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014. 
* Davenport, John S., ''German Church and City Talers, 1600-1700,'' Galesburg, IL, 1967.
* <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:''
* [[Mainz 1636 ducat Fr-1649|1636 ducat, bust obverse]]
* [[Mainz 1636 ducat Fr-1652|1636 ducat, arms obverse]]
* [[Mainz 1637-BS thaler Dav-5548|1637-BS thaler, date in legend]]
* [[Mainz 1638-MH 2 kreuzer KM-684.1|1638-MH 2 kreuzer]] = albus
* [[Mainz 1638 ducat Fr-1649|1638 ducat]]
* [[Mainz 1638-BS 2 ducat Fr-1651|1638-BS double ducat]]
* [[Mainz 1639-BS thaler Dav-5549|1639-BS thaler, date below shield]]
* [[Mainz 1639-BS 2 ducat Fr-1651|1639-BS double ducat]]
* [[Mainz 1641-BS thaler Dav-5548|1641-BS thaler, date in legend]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1638]]

[[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 384, 385, 386]][[Category: Silver thalers of Germany]]