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| − | This specimen was lot 5288 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €800 (about US$1,034 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''JÜLICH-BERG, HERZOGTUM, Wilhelm V. 1539-1592. Taler o. J. (um 1543), Mülheim. Hübsche Patina, kl. Schrötlingsfehler, sehr schön +. Exemplar der Auktion Frankfurter Münzhandlung 144, Frankfurt/Main 1995, Nr. 828; der Auktion Münzzentrum 31, Köln 1978, Nr. 562 und der Auktion Winter 39, Düsseldorf 1980, Nr. 1024.'' (duchy of Julich-Berg, William V, 1539-92, undated thaler, Muhlheim mint. Handsome patina, light planchet defects, choice very fine.)"</blockquote> Other early undated thalers of Wilhelm V include Dav-8928, Dav-8929, Dav-8930A and Dav-8931. This is the most available issue per the SCWC, which attributes them to circa 1545-54. His sister, Anne, was briefly the fourth wife of Henry VIII of England. Wikipedia comments, <blockquote>"The United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg was a combination of states of the Holy Roman Empire. The duchies of Jülich and Berg united in 1423. Nearly a century later, in 1521, these two duchies, along with the county of Ravensberg, fell extinct, with only the last duke's daughter Maria von Geldern left to inherit; under Salic law, women could only hold property through a husband or guardian, so the territories passed to her husband—and distant relative—John III, Duke of Cleves and Mark as a result of their strategic marriage in 1509. These united duchies controlled most of the present-day North Rhine-Westphalia that was not within the ecclesiastical territories of Electoral Cologne and Münster."</blockquote> When the last duke died in 1609, Brandenburg and Pfalz fought a war over the legacy and in 1624 partitioned it, an opening act of the Thirty Years War. | + | This specimen was lot 5288 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €800 (about US$1,034 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''JÜLICH-BERG, HERZOGTUM, Wilhelm V. 1539-1592. Taler o. J. (um 1543), Mülheim. Hübsche Patina, kl. Schrötlingsfehler, sehr schön +. Exemplar der Auktion Frankfurter Münzhandlung 144, Frankfurt/Main 1995, Nr. 828; der Auktion Münzzentrum 31, Köln 1978, Nr. 562 und der Auktion Winter 39, Düsseldorf 1980, Nr. 1024.'' (duchy of [[German States, Julich-Berg|Julich-Berg]], William V, 1539-92, undated thaler, Muhlheim mint. Handsome patina, light planchet defects, choice very fine.)"</blockquote> Other early undated thalers of Wilhelm V include Dav-8928, Dav-8929, Dav-8930A and Dav-8931. This is the most available issue per the SCWC, which attributes them to circa 1545-54. His sister, Anne, was briefly the fourth wife of Henry VIII of England. Wikipedia comments, <blockquote>"The United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg was a combination of states of the Holy Roman Empire. The duchies of Jülich and Berg united in 1423. Nearly a century later, in 1521, these two duchies, along with the county of Ravensberg, fell extinct, with only the last duke's daughter Maria von Geldern left to inherit; under Salic law, women could only hold property through a husband or guardian, so the territories passed to her husband—and distant relative—John III, Duke of Cleves and Mark as a result of their strategic marriage in 1509. These united duchies controlled most of the present-day North Rhine-Westphalia that was not within the ecclesiastical territories of Electoral Cologne and Münster."</blockquote> When the last duke died in 1609, Brandenburg and Pfalz fought a war over the legacy and in 1624 partitioned it, an opening act of the Thirty Years War. |
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ||
Revision as of 15:12, 8 May 2023
This specimen was lot 5288 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €800 (about US$1,034 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"JÜLICH-BERG, HERZOGTUM, Wilhelm V. 1539-1592. Taler o. J. (um 1543), Mülheim. Hübsche Patina, kl. Schrötlingsfehler, sehr schön +. Exemplar der Auktion Frankfurter Münzhandlung 144, Frankfurt/Main 1995, Nr. 828; der Auktion Münzzentrum 31, Köln 1978, Nr. 562 und der Auktion Winter 39, Düsseldorf 1980, Nr. 1024. (duchy of Julich-Berg, William V, 1539-92, undated thaler, Muhlheim mint. Handsome patina, light planchet defects, choice very fine.)"
Other early undated thalers of Wilhelm V include Dav-8928, Dav-8929, Dav-8930A and Dav-8931. This is the most available issue per the SCWC, which attributes them to circa 1545-54. His sister, Anne, was briefly the fourth wife of Henry VIII of England. Wikipedia comments,
"The United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg was a combination of states of the Holy Roman Empire. The duchies of Jülich and Berg united in 1423. Nearly a century later, in 1521, these two duchies, along with the county of Ravensberg, fell extinct, with only the last duke's daughter Maria von Geldern left to inherit; under Salic law, women could only hold property through a husband or guardian, so the territories passed to her husband—and distant relative—John III, Duke of Cleves and Mark as a result of their strategic marriage in 1509. These united duchies controlled most of the present-day North Rhine-Westphalia that was not within the ecclesiastical territories of Electoral Cologne and Münster."
When the last duke died in 1609, Brandenburg and Pfalz fought a war over the legacy and in 1624 partitioned it, an opening act of the Thirty Years War.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen is 28.92 g.
Catalog reference: KM MB10, Dav-8930 (plate coin); Noss 292.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- 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]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 386: Brakteaten | Mainz | Bibliothek Prof. Dr. Niklot Klüßendorf | Mittelalter und Neuzeit | Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023.
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