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[[Image:Colgne K293-953.jpg|550px|thumb|Kunker sale 293, lot 953]] | [[Image:Colgne K293-953.jpg|550px|thumb|Kunker sale 293, lot 953]] | ||
| − | This specimen was lot 953 in Künker sale 293 ( | + | This specimen was lot 953 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €380 (about US$512 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''KÖLN, STADT, 1/2 Reichstaler 1570, mit Titel Maximilians II. R Kl. Schrötlingsfehler, sehr schön.'' ([[Germany]], city of Cologne, half thaler of 1570, struck in the name of Maximilian II. Minor edge defects, very fine.)"</blockquote> The archbishopric of Cologne, like Mainz and Trier, was an ecclesiastical state along the river Rhine whose ruler was one of the Electors of the Empire. |
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ||
Revision as of 14:49, 28 November 2024
This specimen was lot 953 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €380 (about US$512 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"KÖLN, STADT, 1/2 Reichstaler 1570, mit Titel Maximilians II. R Kl. Schrötlingsfehler, sehr schön. (Germany, city of Cologne, half thaler of 1570, struck in the name of Maximilian II. Minor edge defects, very fine.)"
The archbishopric of Cologne, like Mainz and Trier, was an ecclesiastical state along the river Rhine whose ruler was one of the Electors of the Empire.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Noss 163.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- [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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