Alsace 1607 thaler Dav-3036

Stack's Bowers November 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 77191

This specimen was lot 77191 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2025), where it sold for $456. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Alsace. Taler, 1607. Ensisheim Mint. Rudolph II. VERY FINE Details--Smoothed." The SCWC lists this type under several varieties for 1606-12. It is somewhat scarce.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 28.2 g, silver, 41 mm diameter, plain edge.

Catalog reference: Dav-3036 (under Austria); KM-246.4 (under Alsace).

Source:

• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, November 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

Link to:

• 1606 thaler, Ensisheim mint
• 1607 thaler, Kuttenberg mint
• 1607 thaler, Hall mint
• 1607 "alchemist's" thaler, Hall mint
• 1607 thaler, Prague mint
• 1608 thaler, Ensisheim mint
• 1608 ducat, Vienna mint
• Coins and currency dated 1607