Munster 1541 thaler Dav-9577
This specimen was lot 504 in Künker Auction 424 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €2,400 (about US$3,399 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DEUTSCHE MÜNZEN UND MEDAILLEN · MÜNSTER, BISTUM Franz von Waldeck, 1532-1553. Taler 1541, Münster. Die Brustbilder des Heiligen Paulus mit Schwert und des Heiligen Petrus mit Schlüssel einander gegenüber, darüber S PA · S PE, die Umschrift mit vier Wappenschilden (Münster - Osnabrück - Waldeck - Minden) belegt//Vierfeldiges Wappen (Münster, Osnabrück / Minden, Münster) mit Mittelschild von Waldeck, oben die Jahreszahl ° I ° 5 ° 4 ° I °. RR Kl. Schrötlingsfehler am Rand, kl. Kratzer, sonst fast vorzüglich/vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 274, Osnabrück 2016, Nr. 2102. (Germany, bishopric of Münster, Francis of Waldeck, 1532-53, thaler of 1541, Münster mint. Obverse: facing busts of St. Peter (with key) and St. Paul (with sword), legend "S.PA ET S.PE" above; reverse: quartered arms of Münster, Osnabrück and Minden, with the escutcheon of Waldeck, date above. Very rare, small planchet defects on the edge, hairlines, otherwise about extremely fine.)"
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 28-29 g, silver, 40 mm diameter; this specimen 28,93 g.
Catalog reference: KM MB115, Dav-9577; Ilisch XXX, 18 c/b.
- 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 424: Münster, Osnabrück, and the Peace of Westphalia | The Fuggers, Leuchtenberg, and Passau | The Collection of a German Manufacturer and History Enthusiast, Part 3, e.g., Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.
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