Austria 1572 guldenthaler Dav-48

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Stack's Bowers 2024 NYINC sale, lot 55477
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This specimen was lot 55477 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2024), where it sold for $432. The catalog description[1] noted, "AUSTRIA. Holy Roman Empire. 60 Kreuzer (Guldentaler), 1572. Vienna Mint. Maximilian II. PCGS Genuine--Scratch, VF Details. Misattributed to Bohemia on the holder." This particular type is a very early gulden, and is a product of the Vienna mint. Davenport does not list it in his catalog of thalers as it is too light. The guldenthaler would soon be shortened to gulden and its weight slide from five-sixths to two-thirds of a thaler.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 24.6 g, 0.931 fine silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-48.

Source:

  • 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.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, January 2024 NYINC Auction, featuring the Emilio M Ortiz Collection and a Symphony of Russian Rarities, the Rothschild-Piatigorsky Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

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