Bohemia 1556 thaler Dav-8046
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This specimen was lot 4448 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabruck, March 2024), where it sold for €2,400 (about US$3,149 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Ferdinand I. 1522-1558-1564. Taler 1556, Joachimstal. Münzmeister Rupprecht Puellacher. Sehr schön. (Austria, Ferdinand I, 1558-64, thaler of 1556, Joachimsthal mint. Very fine.)"
This particular type is a very early thaler; the joachimsthaler is the ancestor of our dollar. Davenport lists this type for 1548-59. Other Bohemian thalers for 1556 include Dav-8048 and Dav-A8050.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 28.81 g.
Catalog reference: KM MB105, Dav-8046; Dietiker 148; Halacka 114; Voglh. 49 VII.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
- 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 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
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