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This specimen was lot 4008 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €30,000 (about US$39,258 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''LÜBECK, STADT. Taler 1544, mit dem Abzeichen des Bürgermeisters Gotthard von Höveln. * MONETA · CESAREÆ · CIVITATIS - LVBECÆ St. Johannes v. v. mit Lamm und Kreuzfahne auf Buch im linken Arm, über Schild mit Doppeladler//+ IMP : CAROLVS · V · CESARV3 · NVLLI · SECVDV Drapiertes Brustbild des Kaisers v. v. mit Hut und umgelegter Kette des Ordens vom Goldenen Vlies. Von großer Seltenheit. Feine Patina, sehr schön. Exemplar der Slg. Dr. Dieter Dummler, Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 90, Osnabrück 2004 (Nr. 156).'' ([[Germany]], city of [[German States, Lubeck|Lubeck]], thaler of 1544, with the badge of mayor Gottard of Hoveln. Obverse: St. John with lamb and book, supporting the imperial arms; reverse: draped half-length bust of the emperor with cap and Order of the Golden Fleece. Very rare, fine patina, very fine.)"</blockquote> This one year type is noted in Davenport as rare.
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This specimen was lot 4008 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €30,000 (about US$39,258 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''LÜBECK, STADT. Taler 1544, mit dem Abzeichen des Bürgermeisters Gotthard von Höveln. * MONETA · CESAREÆ · CIVITATIS - LVBECÆ St. Johannes v. v. mit Lamm und Kreuzfahne auf Buch im linken Arm, über Schild mit Doppeladler//+ IMP : CAROLVS · V · CESARV3 · NVLLI · SECVDV Drapiertes Brustbild des Kaisers v. v. mit Hut und umgelegter Kette des Ordens vom Goldenen Vlies. Von großer Seltenheit. Feine Patina, sehr schön. Exemplar der Slg. Dr. Dieter Dummler, Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 90, Osnabrück 2004 (Nr. 156).'' ([[Germany]], city of [[German States, Lubeck|Lübeck]], thaler of 1544, with the badge of mayor Gottard of Hoveln. Obverse: St. John with lamb and book, supporting the imperial arms; reverse: draped half-length bust of the emperor with cap and Order of the Golden Fleece. Very rare, fine patina, very fine.)"</blockquote> This one year type is noted in Davenport as rare.
  
 
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''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

Latest revision as of 18:21, 30 May 2026

Künker sale 335, lot 4008

This specimen was lot 4008 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €30,000 (about US$39,258 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"LÜBECK, STADT. Taler 1544, mit dem Abzeichen des Bürgermeisters Gotthard von Höveln. * MONETA · CESAREÆ · CIVITATIS - LVBECÆ St. Johannes v. v. mit Lamm und Kreuzfahne auf Buch im linken Arm, über Schild mit Doppeladler//+ IMP : CAROLVS · V · CESARV3 · NVLLI · SECVDV Drapiertes Brustbild des Kaisers v. v. mit Hut und umgelegter Kette des Ordens vom Goldenen Vlies. Von großer Seltenheit. Feine Patina, sehr schön. Exemplar der Slg. Dr. Dieter Dummler, Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 90, Osnabrück 2004 (Nr. 156). (Germany, city of Lübeck, thaler of 1544, with the badge of mayor Gottard of Hoveln. Obverse: St. John with lamb and book, supporting the imperial arms; reverse: draped half-length bust of the emperor with cap and Order of the Golden Fleece. Very rare, fine patina, very fine.)"

This one year type is noted in Davenport as rare.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 28,70 g.

Catalog reference: Dav-9400; Behrens 91.

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]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.

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