Augsburg 1627 2/3 thaler KM-49

Sincona sale 97, lot 1201

This specimen was lot 1201 in SINCONA Auction 97 (Zürich, May 2025), where it sold for 1,650 CHF (about US$2,393 including buyers' fees). The catalog description^[1] noted, "DEUTSCHLAND Augsburg, Stadt, 2/3 Reichstaler (Gulden) 1627, Augsburg. Mit Titel Ferdinands II. Stadtansicht. Selten in dieser Erhaltung, Prachtexemplar. Das durch NGC höchstbewertete Exemplar. (Germany, city of Augsburg, two-thirds thaler or gulden of 1627, Augsburg mint, struck in the name of Ferdinand II. Obverse: city view. Rare in this condition. NGC MS61. Cabinet piece, Finest certified by NGC.)" This year also saw the issue of KM 40 (arms obverse/eagle reverse). This was several decades before the fad for gulden spread in the 1670's.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM 49, Forster 203, Dav-236.

Sources:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• Davenport, John S., Silver Gulden, 1559-1763, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1982.
• ^[1]Richter, Jurg, SINCONA Auction 97: World and Swiss Coins and Medals, SINCONA Bullion Auction, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2025.

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