View source for Mansfeld-Artern 1616-AK thaler Dav-6951

[[Image:G146-1381o.jpg|300px|thumb|Goldberg Sale 146, lot 1381]]
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This specimen was lot 1381 in Goldberg Sale 146 (Los Angeles, July 2025), where it sold for $276. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Germany|German States]]: [[German States, Mansfeld|Mansfeld]]-Artern. Taler, 1616-AK. Eiseben. Volrat VI, Jobst II and Wolfgang III. Pop 1; The only one graded at PCGS. Nice even toning. PCGS graded VF-25. The Augustana Collection." It seems the various branches of the Mansfeld line all lived in Schloss Mansfeld but occupying different parts: Vorderort (outer castle), Mittelort (middle castle) and Hinterort (inner castle). The properties were shuffled among the various lines as various counts failed to produce heirs. In 1580, the elector of Saxony seized most of the property for debt. In 1616, we note the following thalers: [[Mansfeld-Artern 1616-AK thaler Dav-6950|KM 13/Dav-6950]], KM 14/Dav-6951 (struck 1616-17, obverse title "VOLRT·IOBST·E·WOLFGA·PATR·", shown here), KM 15/Dav-6951A, KM 16/Dav-6952 and KM 17/Dav-6953. The last line died out in 1780 and the elector annexed what remained of the domain. 

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. 

''Specification:'' silver. 

''Catalog reference:'' KM 14, [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-6951]]. 

''[[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 Secular Talers, 1600-1700,'' Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1976.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Goldberg, Ira, Stephen Harvey and Vera Kan, ''Goldberg Sale 146: US Coins & Currency, Ancient & World Coins, featuring The Americas Collection, The Henry Garrett Collection & The Augustana Collection,'' Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2025.

''Link to:''
* [[Mansfeld-Artern 1616-AK 1/2 thaler|1616-AK half thaler]]
* [[Mansfeld-Artern 1616-AK thaler Dav-6950|1616-AK thaler, "VOLRATH·IOBST·ET·WOLFG·PAT·"]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1616]]

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