Austria 1563 guldenthaler Dav-33
This specimen was lot 3042 in Künker Auction 426 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €190 (about US$269 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"HABSBURGISCHE ERBLANDE-ÖSTERREICH · RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Ferdinand I., 1522-1558-1564. Guldentaler (60 Kreuzer) 1563, Hall. Fast sehr schön. (Holy Roman Empire, Ferdinand I, 1558-64, guldenthaler or 60 kreuzer of 1563, Hall mint. About 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: 24.3 g, silver, 38-39 mm diameter; this specimen is 24,24 g.
Catalog reference: Dav-33; M./T. 141; Voglh. 57.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Davenport, John S., Silver Gulden, 1559-1763, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1982.
- 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, eLive Premium Auction 426: European and German Coins and Medals from the 16th to the 20th century, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.
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