Austria (1691-92) 1/2 thaler KM-1149

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Künker sale 406, lot 4562
Künker sale 423, lot 144

The first specimen was lot 4562 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €850 (about US$1,115 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Leopold I. 1657-1705. 1/2 Reichstaler o. J. (1691/1692), Hall. Prachtexemplar. Hübsche Patina, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Austria, Leopold I, 1657-1705, undated half thaler, Hall mint. Cabinet example, handsome patina, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"

The second specimen was lot 144 in Künker Auction 423 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €700 (about US$991 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[2] noted,

"HABSBURGISCHE ERBLANDE-ÖSTERREICH · RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Leopold I., 1657-1705. 1/2 Reichstaler o. J. (um 1680), Hall. Mit älteren Gesichtszügen. Geharnischtes Brustbild r. mit Lorbeerkranz, Löwenkopfschulter mit Fransen, umgelegtem Mantel und der Kette des Ordens vom Goldenen Vlies//Gekröntes und verziertes, fünffeldiges Wappen (Ungarn - Böhmen / Österreich-Burgund / Alt-Österreich / Habsburg-Görz), mit Mittelschild (Tirol), umher die Kette des Ordens vom Goldenen Vlies. Vorzüglich Exemplar der Auktion H. D. Rauch 44, Wien 1990, Nr. 3413. (Holy Roman Empire, Leopold I, 1657-1705, undated half thaler, circa 1670, Hall mint, older bust. Obverse: armored, laureate and mantled bust with order chain and fringed lion's head on the shoulder; reverse: crowned ornate manifold arms of Hungary, Bohemia, Austria, Burgundy and Gorizia with escutcheon of Tyrol, Order chain around. Extremely fine.)"

The SCWC attributes this rare issue to 1658. It comes with (KM 1150) or without (shown here) the value below the bust.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 14.0-14.2 g, silver, the first specimen 14.20 g, the second specimen 14,00 g.

Catalog reference: KM 1149 (without value) or KM 1150 (with value), M./T. 763; Herinek 798 (described there without fringes).

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.
  • 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 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
  • [2]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.

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