Luneburg 1547 thaler Dav-9419

Künker sale 386, lot 5318

This specimen was lot 5318 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €1,700 (about US$2,197 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"LÜNEBURG, STADT, Taler 1547. Mit Münzmeisterzeichen Gans (Hermann Gante). Sehr schön. (city of Luneburg, thaler of 1547, with a goose mintmark for mintmaster Hermann Gante. Very fine.)"

This thaler was not issued by the duke of Brunswick-Luneburg but by the city in its own name. This type was struck 1546-48 and 1561-62 and is rather expensive. It is contemporary with Dav-9418, which has the man in the moon facing left.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 28.68 g.

Catalog reference: KM MB65, Dav-9419; Mader 158 g.

Source:

• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• 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]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 386: Brakteaten | Mainz | Bibliothek Prof. Dr. Niklot Klüßendorf | Mittelalter und Neuzeit | Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023.

Link to:

• 1546 thaler, moon facing left
• 1548 thaler, moon facing right
• Coins and currency dated 1547