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[[Image:Breslan 1544 thaler S18-1360q00.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 18, lot 1360]]
 
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This specimen was lot 1360 in Sincona sale 18 (Zurich, May 2014), where it sold for CHF 2,500 (about US$3,294 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Taler 1544. Vorzüglich.'' ([[Germany]], city of Breslau, thaler of 1544, extremely fine.)"</blockquote> This type is listed for 1543-46 and 1552 from the city; the bishop also issued thalers. Breslau issued coins in the name of the city (as here), the bishop and the emperor. The Hapsburgs acquired Silesia in 1526 as part of the Bohemian inheritance, the king having died fighting the Turks. It took them over a century to consolidate their control of the province, which had turned mostly Lutheran, and many local lords and towns continued to mint coins.
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This specimen was lot 1360 in Sincona sale 18 (Zürich, May 2014), where it sold for CHF 2,500 (about US$3,294 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Taler 1544. Vorzüglich.'' ([[Germany]], city of Breslau, thaler of 1544, extremely fine.)"</blockquote> This type is listed for 1543-46 and 1552 from the city; the bishop also issued thalers. Breslau issued coins in the name of the city (as here), the bishop and the emperor. The Hapsburgs acquired Silesia in 1526 as part of the Bohemian inheritance, the king having died fighting the Turks. It took them over a century to consolidate their control of the province, which had turned mostly Lutheran, and many local lords and towns continued to mint coins.
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

Revision as of 10:21, 10 June 2025

Sincona sale 18, lot 1360

This specimen was lot 1360 in Sincona sale 18 (Zürich, May 2014), where it sold for CHF 2,500 (about US$3,294 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"Taler 1544. Vorzüglich. (Germany, city of Breslau, thaler of 1544, extremely fine.)"

This type is listed for 1543-46 and 1552 from the city; the bishop also issued thalers. Breslau issued coins in the name of the city (as here), the bishop and the emperor. The Hapsburgs acquired Silesia in 1526 as part of the Bohemian inheritance, the king having died fighting the Turks. It took them over a century to consolidate their control of the province, which had turned mostly Lutheran, and many local lords and towns continued to mint coins.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 28.68 g.

Catalog reference: Friedensburg/Seger 8993, Dav-8993.

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.
  • [1]Numismatic Coins, Medals, & Banknotes: Auction 18, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2014.

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