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Münster, Osnabrück, Passau and the Counts of Lamberg

Münster, Osnabrück and Passau: How are these places related to the Counts of Lamberg? We use coins from Künker’s auction 424 to illustrate how noble families in the Holy Roman Empire climbed the social ladder in early modern times, and explain the reasons for and the consequences of such ascents.

Schätzpreis: 250,000 EURBerlin-Auktionen 379-380
Sachsen. Christian II. Johann Georg I. und August,
1 591-1611. 10 Dukaten 1611, Dresden, auf den Tod
Christians II. am 23. Juni. NGC: MS 65.

Von allergrößter Seltenheit.
835
Schätzpreis: 200,000 EURBraunschweig-Calenberg-Hannover. Johann Friedrich,
1665-1679. Löser zu 6 Reichstalern 1679, Zellerfeld.
Geprägt und verteilt anlässlich der Beerdigung
Johann Friedrichs. Aus Sammlung Salton und
Sammlung Meyerhof, Auktion Schulman 171 (1930),
Nr. 156. Äußerst selten. Fast vorzüglich.
156
Schätzpreis: 50.000,- EURSchweden. Erik XIV., 1560-1568.
Goldgulden 1568, Stockholm. Aus Sammlung Widegren.

Äußerst selten. Kleines Loch.
340

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