Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1 Thaler - Christian and Wolrad IV
| Issuer | Waldeck, County of |
|---|---|
| Year | 1625 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | 28.7 g |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Central field displays the elaborately mantled arms of Waldeck, consisting of a crowned eight-pointed star set within an ornate foliate cartouche surmounted by a crested helm bearing a displayed eagle, all rendered in high relief. The date 16-25 is divided by the shield at lower left and lower right within the inner field. The design is enclosed within a beaded inner circle, with the circumferential legend running between the inner and outer rims. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | A crowned double-headed imperial eagle displayed in the center of the field, with wings spread and both heads facing outward, bearing an imperial orb on its breast. The eagle is rendered in the characteristic German Baroque style of the early seventeenth century. A beaded inner circle frames the central device, with the circumferential legend of Emperor Ferdinand II running between the inner and outer rims. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Christian and Wolrad IV ruled Waldeck jointly following the county's inheritance division, a dynastic arrangement common in smaller German territories that routinely produced short-lived coinages tied to specific co-regencies. The 1625 date places this issue squarely in the opening years of what would become the most destructive conflict in German history — the Thirty Years' War — when silver coinage from minor counties was already being debased across the region by more desperate neighbors. Waldeck held out longer than most.
Davenport 7821 is a genuinely scarce attribution; surviving examples surface rarely at auction.