Austria 1574 guldenthaler Dav-55

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Künker Auction 426, lot 3046

This specimen was lot 3046 in Künker Auction 426 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €370 (about US$524 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"HABSBURGISCHE ERBLANDE-ÖSTERREICH · RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Erzherzog Ferdinand, 1564-1595. Guldentaler (60 Kreuzer) 1574, Hall. Winz. Kratzer, sehr schön +. (Holy Roman Empire, archduke Ferdinand, 1564-95, guldenthaler or sixty kreuzer of 1574, Hall mint. Hairlines, very fine or better.)"

During this decade, the gulden diverged from the thaler, remaining at sixty kreuzer while the thaler rose to 72 kreuzer. The Hapsburgs minted guldenthalers at Hall (shown here), Vienna, Kuttenberg, Joachimsthal, Prague and elsewhere. The very similar Dav-56 has a ribbon fluttering from the archduke's elbow.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 24.3 g, silver, 38-39 mm diameter; this specimen is 24,36 g.

Catalog reference: Dav-55; M./T. 223 var.; Voglh. 90 VI var.

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.
  • 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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