Bavaria 1625 2 thaler Dav-6068

Künker sale 335, lot 3409

This specimen was lot 3409 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €3,800 (about US$4,973 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"BAYERN, HERZOGTUM, SEIT 1623 KURFÜRSTENTUM, SEIT 1806 KÖNIGREICH: Maximilian I. 1598-1651. Doppelter Reichstaler 1625, München. Mit dem Kurhut bedecktes, vierfeldiges Wappen mit Mittelschild, umher die Kette des Ordens vom Goldenen Vlies//Madonna mit Zepter in der Rechten und dem Kind auf dem linken Arm sitzt v. v. auf Mondsichel, umher Strahlenkranz. Feine Patina, kl. Schrötlingsfehler, vorzüglich. (Germany, electorate of Bavaria, Maximilian I, 1598-1651, double thaler of 1625, Munich mint. With the title of elector, quartered arms with central escutcheon and the chain of the Order of the Golden Fleece; reverse: Madonna and Child with scepter in a glory. Fine patina, some hairlines, extremely fine.)"

These early double thalers are rare.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 57.55 g.

Catalog reference: KM 200, Dav-6068; Hahn 114 (but with the wrong photo).

Source:

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 Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.

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