Alsace 1609 thaler Dav-3035

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Künker Auction 441, lot 4699
Ensisheim in upper Alsace. The political situation is of 1477, on the collapse of the Burgundians. Upper Alsace would be ruled by the Hapsburgs until 1648 when it passed to France.

This specimen was lot 4699 in Künker sale 441 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €2,200 (about US$3,027 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Rudolf II., 1576-1612. Reichstaler 1609, Ensisheim. Hübsche Patina, vorzüglich/Stempelglanz. Aus der Sammlung Jürgen und Erika Schmidt, Bovenden. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 175, Osnabrück 2010, Nr. 3191. (Holy Roman Empire, Rudolf II, 1576-1612, thaler of 1609, Ensisheim mint. Handsome patina, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"

The SCWC lists this type under several varieties for 1606-12. It is somewhat scarce. For 1609, we note KM 247.3 (no lion), KM 247.4 (with lion's head on shoulder, shown here) and a double thaler (Dav-3031). Austria lost her holdings in Alsace to France during the Thirty Years War.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 28.5 g, silver, 41 mm diameter, this specimen 28,58 g.

Catalog reference: KM 247.4, Dav-3035; Voglh. 95 IX.

Sources:

  • 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]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Frühjahrs-Auktion 441: Orders and Decorations from the Estate of Wilhelm, Duke of Bavaria (1752–1837), among others | Coins and Medals from the Middle Ages and Modern times, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Norway, and Saxony, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.

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