Austria 1561 guldenthaler Dav-33
This specimen was lot 1853 in Künker Auction 425 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €460 (about US$652 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"HABSBURGISCHE ERBLANDE-ÖSTERREICH · RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Ferdinand I., 1522-1558-1564. Guldentaler (60 Kreuzer) 1561, Hall. Feine Tönung, leicht verprägt, sehr schön. (Holy Roman Empire, Ferdinand I, 1558-64, guldenthaler or sixty kreuzer of 1561, Hall mint. Fine toning, lightly struck, very fine.)"
This type was struck 1560-64 at Vienna, Hall (shown here), Klagenfurt, Kuttenberg, Prague, Joachimsthal and elsewhere. During this decade, the gulden and thaler diverged; the gulden remained sixty kreuzer while the thaler rose to 72 kreuzer.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 24-24.5 g, silver, 38-39 mm diameter, this specimen 24,47 g.
Catalog reference: Dav-33; M./T. 139 var; Voglh. 57 var.
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- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 425: Gold coins from the Medieval and Modern Times, from the Mohr family collection, e.g. | Silver coins, e.g. highlights of medallic art | German coins after 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.
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