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[[Image:Meck-Schwerin S57-2674.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 57, lot 2674]]
 
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This specimen was lot 2674 in Sincona sale 57 (Zurich, May 2019), where it did not sell. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''DEUTSCHLAND | Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Herzogtum, Johann Albrecht I. 1547-1576. Taler 1549, Gadebusch. Attraktives sehr schönes Exemplar. Hübsche Patina. Kleiner Stempelfehler.'' ([[Germany]], duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, John Albrecht I, 1547-76, thaler of 1549, Gadebusch mint. Attractive very fine specimen, Attractive patina, Small die defect.)"</blockquote> Altho the auction cataloguers have attributed this issue to Mecklenburg-Schwerin, it was actually issued when Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Gustrow were temporarily merged. The duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz did not yet exist.
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This specimen was lot 2674 in Sincona sale 57 (Zürich, May 2019), where it did not sell. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''DEUTSCHLAND | Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Herzogtum, Johann Albrecht I. 1547-1576. Taler 1549, Gadebusch. Attraktives sehr schönes Exemplar. Hübsche Patina. Kleiner Stempelfehler.'' ([[Germany]], duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, John Albrecht I, 1547-76, thaler of 1549, Gadebusch mint. Attractive very fine specimen, Attractive patina, Small die defect.)"</blockquote> Altho the auction cataloguers have attributed this issue to Mecklenburg-Schwerin, it was actually issued when Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Gustrow were temporarily merged. The duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz did not yet exist.
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

Revision as of 14:07, 10 June 2025

Sincona sale 57, lot 2674

This specimen was lot 2674 in Sincona sale 57 (Zürich, May 2019), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted,

"DEUTSCHLAND | Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Herzogtum, Johann Albrecht I. 1547-1576. Taler 1549, Gadebusch. Attraktives sehr schönes Exemplar. Hübsche Patina. Kleiner Stempelfehler. (Germany, duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, John Albrecht I, 1547-76, thaler of 1549, Gadebusch mint. Attractive very fine specimen, Attractive patina, Small die defect.)"

Altho the auction cataloguers have attributed this issue to Mecklenburg-Schwerin, it was actually issued when Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Gustrow were temporarily merged. The duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz did not yet exist.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 27.71 g.

Catalog reference: Kunzel 97, Dav-9547.

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., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • [1]Richter, Jürg, Sincona Auction 57: World Coins and Medals, Coins and Medals from Switzerland, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2019.

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