![]() Guldiner of 1528. Ø 42 mm; fineness: 0,9375; 29,42 g. Behrens 81; Dav.9395. a "silver gulden" equivalent to a gulden in gold, issued in accordance with the imperial mint order of 1524. Obv.: (lily) IMPERIALIS (lily) CIVITATIS (lily) LVBICENSIS (lily) INSIGNE 15Z8 The lily between the words is Statius Wessel's mint master mark. city's coat of arms (double eagle with shield on the breast). Rev.: (lily) CAROLVS (lily) QUINTVS (lily) ROMANORUM (lily) IMPERAT. Effigy of the young emperor with open mouth, hat, coat and the Golden Fleece on the breast. This is the oldest thaler with the effigy of Charles V.
![]() uniface cast medal in lead 1521 by Hans Schwarz with monogram HS. Ø 72,5mm Habich 229; Bernhart 10; Kastenholz 107. ᕠ EFFIGIES KAROLI QUINTI ᕠ ·M·D·X·X·I· ·HS· (Hans Schwarz). Look at more portrait-medals by Hans Schwarz
![]() Thaler 1537 (1st "Brömsethaler"). Silver-Galvano, Ø 39 mm, 29,41 g. Behrens 88; Coll.Dummler 149; Dav.9397. Obv.: (1) IMPERIALIS (1) CIVITATIS (2) LVBIC 37 in the field: city's coat of arms (double eagle with shield on the breast)
Rev.: (1) CAROLVS (2) QVINTVS (2) CESAR·SEmPer·AuGustusEmperors bust with cap, coat and order of the Golden Fleece.
two marks in the legend: (1) = horse-fly = mark of Nikolaus Brömse and (2) = leaf = mark of mint master Jürgen Bockhold. Model for the emperor's effigy was the following medal of Friedrich Hagenauer from about 1530: ![]() uniface medal 1530 of Friedrich Hagenauer. Habich, Deutschen Schaumünzen, p.84, no.558. * CAROLI V DEI GRA ROMANORVM IMP SEMPER AVGVST · ANNO ETATIS XXX ·
![]() Thaler 1537 (3rd "Brömsethaler"). Ø 42 mm, 28,5 g. Behrens 90a ; Dav.9398 Obv.: (a) MONETA·CESAREÆ·CIVITATIS (b) LVBECÆ (a) 15-37 "Money from imperial city of Lübeck".
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The first mark in the legend (a: leaf) refers to the mint master J. Bockholt and the second mark (b: horse-fly) refers to the mayor Nikolaus Brömse. A knight holds the imperial shield (double eagle) "Emperor Charles V, a ceasar second to none"
Emperor's bust with cap, coat and order of the Golden Fleece. Compare an crude imitation ![]()
![]() Taler 1537 (2nd Brömsethaler). Ø 41 mm, 28,78 g. Behrens 89; Coll.Dummler 150; Dav.9398(Obv.)/9400(Rev.) Obs. as before // Rev. like next thaler. Nikolaus Brömse died in 1543 but thalers with the emperor's effigy were issued until 1546. ![]() Thaler 1544. Ø 41 mm; 0,903 fine; 28,7 g. Behrens 91; Coll.Dummler 156; Dav.9400. Obv.: (a) MONETA·CESAREÆ·CIVITATIS (b) LVBECÆ mark (a) refers to the mint master J. Bockhold , mark (b) refers to the mayor Gotthard von Höveln
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St. John with lamb, book and cross-flag behind imperial shield (double eagle); dividing date 15-44 Emperor' bust with cap, coat, Golden Fleece and hands. |