View source for Thorn 1631-II thaler Dav-4372

[[Image:Poland K293-2136.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 293, lot 2136]]
[[Image:Thorn 1648.jpg|400px|thumb|city of Thorn in 1648]]

This specimen was lot 2136 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabruck, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €2,600 (about US$3,504 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''POLEN, THORN, Stadt. Reichstaler 1631, mit Titel Sigismunds III. (1587-1632). RR Sehr schön +.'' ([[Poland]], city of Thorn, thaler of 1631, struck in the name of Sigismund III, 1587-1632. Rare, very fine or better.)"</blockquote> Davenport notes this for 1630-32. It is among the more common thalers of seventeenth century Poland altho this specimen realized over seven times the catalog value.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' silver. 

''Catalog reference:'' [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-4372]]; KM-18, Dutkowski/Suchanek 1385 (R4); Kopicki 8264 (R3). 

''[[Bibliography|Sources:]]''
* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
* Davenport, John S., ''European Crowns, 1600-1700,'' Galesburg, IL, 1974. 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, ''Katalog 293: Münzen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. die westfälischen Privatsammlungen Werner Bröker und Bernd Terletzki,'' Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.

''Link to:''
* [[Poland 1631-II thaler Dav-4316]]
* [[Thorn 1630-II ducat Fr-55]]
* [[Thorn (1631)-HH 4-1/2 ducats Fr-56|(1631)-HH 4½ ducats]]
* [[Thorn 1633-II thaler Dav-4374]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1631]]
* return to coins of [[Poland]]

[[Category:European crowns and thalers]][[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 293, 294]]