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[[Image:Munster K293-15.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 293, lot 15]]
 
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[[Image:Munster 1547 Putzgers atlas 1905.jpg|400px|thumb|Munster in 1547]]
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This specimen was lot 15 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €480 (about US$647 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''MÜNSTER, BISTUM, Ferdinand von Bayern, 1612-1650. Reichstaler 1634, Münster. Kl. Randfehler, sehr schön.'' (bishopric of Munster, Ferdinand of Bavaria, 1612-50, thaler of 1634, Munster mint. Edge defects, very fine.)"</blockquote> All the thalers of Munster are scarce. The town and the region were thoroughly devastated by the Thirty Years War and never recovered. The bishop succeeded in establishing the Counter-Reformation there and holding the region for the Catholic Church. This type of 1633-46 is among the more available for this locale. Ferdinand was also bishop of Hildesheim, Liege and Paderborn and archbishop of Cologne.
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This specimen was lot 15 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €480 (about US$647 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''MÜNSTER, BISTUM, Ferdinand von Bayern, 1612-1650. Reichstaler 1634, Münster. Kl. Randfehler, sehr schön.'' (bishopric of Münster, Ferdinand of Bavaria, 1612-50, thaler of 1634, Munster mint. Edge defects, very fine.)"</blockquote> All the thalers of Münster are scarce. The town and the region were thoroughly devastated by the Thirty Years War and never recovered. The bishop succeeded in establishing the Counter-Reformation there and holding the region for the Catholic Church. This type of 1633-46 is among the more available for this locale. Ferdinand was also bishop of Hildesheim, Liege and Paderborn and archbishop of Cologne.
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
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''Specification:'' silver.
 
''Specification:'' silver.
  
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''Catalog reference:'' KM 9, Schulze 8 c, [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-5591]].
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''Catalog reference:'' KM 8, Schulze 8 c, [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-5591]].
  
 
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* [[Munster 1633 1/2 thaler|1633 half thaler]]
 
* [[Munster 1633 1/2 thaler|1633 half thaler]]
 
* [[Minden 1634 8 groschen KM-11]] siege coinage
 
* [[Minden 1634 8 groschen KM-11]] siege coinage
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* [[Munster 1636 goldgulden Fr-1762|1636 goldgulden]]
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* [[Munster 1635 thaler Dav-5591|1635 thaler]]
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* [[Munster 1638 1-1/2 thaler Dav-5594A|1638-EK 1½ thaler, adoration of the Magi]]
 
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* [[Munster 1638-EK 2 thaler Dav-5592|1638-EK double thaler, arms obverse]]
 
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* [[Munster 1638-EK 2 thaler Dav-5594|1638-EK double thaler, adoration of the Magi]]
 
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* [[Munster 1638-EK 5 ducats Fr-1764|1638-EK 5 ducats]]
 
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* [[Munster 1638-EK 10 ducats Fr-1763a|1638-EK 10 ducats]]
 
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* [[Munster (1640) 4 ducats Fr-1765a|(1640) 4 ducats]]
 
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* [[Munster 1647-EK 2 thaler Dav-B5592|1647-EK double thaler]]
 
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* [[Munster 1650-EK thaler Dav-5597|1650 thaler]]
 
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1634]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1634]]
 
* return to coins of [[German States, Munster]]
 
* return to coins of [[German States, Munster]]
  
 
[[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 293, 294]][[Category: Silver thalers of Germany]]
 
[[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 293, 294]][[Category: Silver thalers of Germany]]

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Künker sale 293, lot 15
Münster in 1547

This specimen was lot 15 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €480 (about US$647 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"MÜNSTER, BISTUM, Ferdinand von Bayern, 1612-1650. Reichstaler 1634, Münster. Kl. Randfehler, sehr schön. (bishopric of Münster, Ferdinand of Bavaria, 1612-50, thaler of 1634, Munster mint. Edge defects, very fine.)"

All the thalers of Münster are scarce. The town and the region were thoroughly devastated by the Thirty Years War and never recovered. The bishop succeeded in establishing the Counter-Reformation there and holding the region for the Catholic Church. This type of 1633-46 is among the more available for this locale. Ferdinand was also bishop of Hildesheim, Liege and Paderborn and archbishop of Cologne.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM 8, Schulze 8 c, Dav-5591.

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.
  • Davenport, John S., German Church and City Talers, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1967.
  • [1]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.

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