Austria (1654) 2 thaler Dav-3363A

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Künker sale 423, lot 126
Künker Auction 441, lot 4755

The first specimen was lot 126 in Künker Auction 423 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €1,800 (about US$2,549 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"HABSBURGISCHE ERBLANDE-ÖSTERREICH · RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Erzherzog Ferdinand Karl, 1632-1662. Doppelter Reichstaler o. J. (1654), Hall. Geharnischtes Brustbild r. mit umgelegtem Mantel und der Kette des Ordens vom Goldenen Vlies, umher Blätterkranz//Gekrönter Tiroler Adler, oben Ehrenkranz mit fliegenden Bändern, umher Blätterkranz. Fast vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Giessener Münzhandlung 91, München 1998, Nr. 2955. (Holy Roman Empire, archduke Ferdinand Charles, 1632-62, undated double thaler, Hall mint. Obverse: armored and mantled bust right with order chain in a leafy wreath; reverse: crowned Tyrolean eagle, wreath above with fluttering ribbons. About extremely fine.)"

The second specimen was lot 4755 in Künker sale 441 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €1,800 (about US$2,476 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[2] noted,

"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Erzherzog Ferdinand Karl, 1632-1662. Doppelter Reichstaler o. J. (1654), Hall. Hübsche Patina, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Holy Roman Empire, archduke Ferdinand Charles, 1632-62, undated double thaler, circa 1654, Hall mint. Handsome patina, very fine to extremely fine.)"

Other double thalers for 1654 include KM 967/Dav-3193, KM 985/Dav-3364 and KM 986/Dav-3364A. Of this group, this is the most common but it is not cheap.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 56.5 g, silver, the first specimen 56,71 g, the second specimen is 57,18 g.

Catalog reference: KM 984, Dav-3363A; M./T. 512.

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • Cuhaj, George S., Thomas Michael and Douglas Nicol, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd Ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
  • Heinz Moser and Heinz Tursky, Die Munzstatte Hall in Tirol, 2 vols. Innsbruck: Verlag Dr Rudolf Erhad, 1981.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 423: Coins and medals from Tyrol - The collection of Dipl.-Ing. Hermann Wohnlich., Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.
  • [2]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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