Paderborn 1683 thaler Dav-5706

from Goldberg sale 98, lot 2845

Paderborn in 1547, between Lippe and Waldeck

This specimen was lot 2845 in Goldberg sale 98 (Los Angeles, June 2017), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "German States: Paderborn. Taler, 1683. Sede Vacante. St. Liborius holding crozier. Reverse: Charlemagne holding orb and scepter. Couple of scratches. Reflective fields, lustrous with attractive toning. Very Scarce type. NGC graded About Uncirculated, Details (Mount Removed)." All the thalers of Munster and Paderborn are scarce. The town and the region were thoroughly devastated by the Thirty Years War and never recovered.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-324, Dav-5706.

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• ^[1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 98: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2017.

Link to:

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• Munster 1678 thaler Dav-5605
• Paderborn 1685 thaler Dav-5710
• Coins and currency dated 1683
• return to coins of German States, Munster