Kaufbeuren 1548 thaler Dav-9351
This specimen was lot 368 in Áureo y Calicó sale 345 (Barcelona, March 2020), where it sold for €400 (about US$528 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"1548. Carlos I. Kaufbeumen. 1 escudo/taler. Ex Colección Rocaberti, Áureo 19/05/1992, nº 124. Ex Colección Balsach. MBC. (Germany, city of Kaufbeuren, thaler of 1548, very fine."
This obscure Swabian town is of no interest to numismatists except for a series of thalers (Dav-9344 thru -9355) struck 1540-52. These were struck nearly a century before its much larger neighbor, Augsburg, struck any thalers. The region is now part of Bavaria.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 28,49 g.
Catalog reference: Dav-9351, Ha. 2366 var.
- 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]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Publica 345: Colección Manuela Etcheverría, Barcelona: Áureo y Calicó, 2020.
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