Thaler Coinage of the Pre Empire German States - Chapter 27 As we continue our quest in seeing the Thaler Coinage of the Pre Empire German States we come to another alphabetical listing under the letter D which now stands for Dagsburg. Dagsburg (while viable) was under the family branches of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim,Leningen-Dagsburg, Leiningen-Falkenburg-Dagsburg, Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hartenburg and Leiningen-Dagsburg-Heidesheim. MINOR THALER COINAGE: The following photos courtesy of Coin Archives. Georg Wilhelm issued this typical 15 Kreuzer coin in 1691: http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1017376&AucID=938&Lot=1696&Val=b2e58a630cffa119c454b9bc55af12f6 In 1676 Ludwig authorized the minting of this 60 Kreuzer: http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=929036&AucID=687&Lot=1005&Val=719e46b1cdb0f80690e3cac8be03932c Karl Friedrich Wilhelm, leader of Leiningen-Dagsburg from 1756 to 1807 isuued Kreuzer coinage as evidenced by this 6 Kreuzer piece: http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1017374&AucID=938&Lot=1694&Val=ebece552d990af0e54f32ed47d6678ed Ludwig had this Guldenklippe (Groschenabschlag) struck: http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=930737&AucID=688&Lot=579&Val=4a8b0ef54204b1068db000a572c08c3f George Wilhelm authorized this 1676 Gute Groschen: http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=930738&AucID=688&Lot=580&Val=9000fd3e33ab8b5f33b60f5a067f1ba7 Karl Friedrich Wilhelm gave to the world this 1805 1 Pfennig coin: http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=933315&AucID=692&Lot=1833&Val=af0c91d75d1201ff294125cfd441a03f EXAMPLES OF THALER COINAGE: Johann Ludwig ruled over Leiningen-Dagsburg from 1593 until 1625 and produced silver Thaler coins such as these: 1624 Reichsthaler: http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=930981&AucID=689&Lot=202&Val=8141b693424ff989f6abe3d7aaef5427 1624 Thaler: http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=930735&AucID=688&Lot=577&Val=ced5e4d0676533afc3a1d7b7818cb61f There were two bronze Medals struck during the Thaler era of Dagsburg, so I'm presenting them to you as a bonus for reading this post (Coin Archives photos): http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=982503&AucID=915&Lot=1076&Val=53b3e2a1c237ffe94d8c19af258412b0 This Medal honors Theobald I, son of Friedrich II and Agnes von Bar on its obverse and the reverse features the bust of Gemahlin Gertrud von Dagsburg Hope you enjoyed these rare pieces of German State history. To be continued... Clinker
Interesting, Clinker - I had never heard of Dagsburg. Just looked it up, and the name of the place today is Dabo, a small French town in Lorraine ... Christian
