Glatz 1541 thaler Dav-8134

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Sincona sale 87, lot 2264

This specimen was lot 2264 in Sincona sale 87 (Zürich, October 2023), where it sold for 18,000 CHF (about US$24,239 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"DEUTSCHLAND Schlesien, Glatz, Johann von Pernstein, 1537-1548. Taler 1541, Glatz. Sehr selten, Sehr schön, Felder geglättet, (Germany, Silesia, duchy of Glatz, John of Pernstein, 1537-48, thaler of 1541, Glatz mint. Very rare. Very fine. Fields tooled."

This rare type was struck 1540-44 and 1548. Glatz, now called Kłodzko in Poland, was in the sixteenth century a semi-independent duchy in Silesia whose lords originally descended from duke Bolesław III Wrymouth (d. 1138) of Poland. This thaler and the accompanying double thaler (Dav-8133) and triple thaler (Dav-A8133) are the only large silver issues of this ruler. The SCWC lists this under Bohemia but it belongs under Silesia. Wikipedia comments,

"Jan IV of Pernštejn (also known as Jan of Pernstein, John of Pernstein, Jan the Rich or John the Rich in English, Jan z Pernštejna a na Helfštejně or Jan Bohatý in Czech, and Johann von Pernstein or Hans von Pernstein auf Helfenstein in German; 14 November 1487 in Moravský Krumlov – 8 September 1548 in Hrušovany u Brna) was a Moravian-Bohemian nobleman. He was high treasurer of Moravia in 1506–1516 and Landeshauptmann of Moravia in 1515–1519 and in 1526–1528 and governor of Moravia in 1530–1532. ...In 1537, King Ferdinand I of Bohemia mortgaged the County of Kladsko, which belonged immediately to Bohemia, to Jan of Pernštejn for 83464 guilders. Jan also received the title of Count of Kladsko and the right to mint coins in Kladsko."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 28.79 g.

Catalog reference: KM MB25, F.u.S. 2811, Dav-8134.

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]Richter, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 87, World Coins and Medals, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2023.

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