Wurttemberg-Oels 1675-SP thaler Dav-7889

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Künker sale 400, lot 285
Oels in Silesia in 1648

This specimen was lot 285 in Künker sale 400 (Berlin, February 2024), where it sold for €10,000 (about US$12,973 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"WÜRTTEMBERG-OELS, HERZOGTUM, Sylvius Friedrich, 1664-1697. Reichstaler 1675, SP, Oels. SYLVI ' FRID : D : G : DUX : WIRT : TE : I : S : OLS : Geharnischtes Brustbild r. mit großer Perücke, Spitzenjabot und Löwenkopfschulter//CO : MON : DO · I · H - EID : STER : & · ME : Vierfach behelmtes, vierfeldiges Wappen mit Mittelschild, oben die geteilte Jahreszahl 16 - 75, unten zu den Seiten die geteilte Signatur S - P (Samuel Pfahler, Münzmeister in Oels 1673-1678). In US-Plastikholder der NGC mit der Bewertung AU 58 (2128124-001). Von großer Seltenheit. Attraktives Exemplar mit feiner Patina, fast vorzüglich/vorzüglich. (Germany, duchy of Württemberg-Oels, Sylvius Frederick, 1664-97, thaler of 1675, Oels mint. Obverse: armored bust right with large wig, lace cravat and a lion's head on the shoulder; reverse: quadruple helmeted and quartered arms with escutcheon, date and mintmaster's initials below. Graded NGC AU 58, extremely rare, attractive example with fine patina, about extremely fine.)"

The dukes of Württemberg-Oels were a cadet branch of the dukes of Württemberg who set themselves up in Silesia (Oels is northeast of Breslau) in 1647 and ruled there until 1792.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM 16, Dav-7889; F. u. S. 2300; Kopicki 6233 (R5).

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Davenport, John S., German Secular Talers, 1600-1700, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1976.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 400: Selected löser of the Dukes of Guelph from the Friedrich Popken Collection | Numismatic treasures from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. "multiple portraits" from a Westphalian private collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

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