Austria (1626) 2 thaler Dav-3331A
This specimen was lot 30104 in Heritage auction 3096 (Dallas, TX, March 2021), where it sold for $13,200. The catalog description[1] noted,
"Standard Catalog "Plate Coin" Klippe 2 Taler. Austria - Archduke Leopold V Klippe 2 Taler ND (1635) AU Details (Mount Removed) NGC, Hall mint. Posthumous issue under Claudia von Medici, regent of Tyrol from 1632 to 1646, to commemorate her wedding to Leopold on April 19, 1626, in Innsbruck. A very rare type, only made further desirable by its use as the plate coin in the Standard Catalog of World Coins. Toned to a steel gray, with only minor wear visible across the surfaces and a degree of discoloration at the corners indicating prior mounting. A perhaps unique opportunity to acquire this extremely seldom-seen klippe type. From the Paramount Collection."
This is listed in the SCWC for 1626 and we will stick with that date. There is also a round double thaler (Dav-3331) and a klippe triple thaler (Dav-A1331A).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 57.18 g.
Catalog reference: KM 640 (Rare; this coin), Dav-3331A, cf. Moser-Tursky-pg. 275, Fig. 487 (for standard, non-klippe issue), Enzenburg-207.
- 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.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Heinz Moser and Heinz Tursky, Die Munzstatte Hall in Tirol, 2 vols. Innsbruck: Verlag Dr Rudolf Erhad, 1981.
- [1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano and Warren Tucker, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3096, featuring the Paramount Collection of World & Ancient Coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2021.
Link to:
- (1626-32) 3 kreuzer, Hall mint
- 1626/5 double thaler, Graz mint
- 1626 triple thaler, Graz mint
- 1626 thaler, Ensisheim mint
- 1626 thaler, Vienna mint
- (1626) double thaler, Hall mint, wedding of Leopold V and Claudia de Medici
- (1626) double thaler, Hall mint, wedding of Leopold V and Claudia de Medici
- 1626 double thaler, Hall mint, archduke Leopold V
- 1626 triple thaler, Hall mint, archduke Leopold V
- (1626) klippe triple thaler, Hall mint, wedding of Leopold V and Claudia de Medici
- (1635) double thaler, Hall mint, wedding of Leopold V and Claudia de Medici
- (1635) thaler, wedding of Leopold V and Claudia de Medici
- (1635) double thaler, Hall mint, Leopold V, posthumous strike
- Coins and currency dated 1626