Austria 1575 guldenthaler
This specimen was lot 309 in Künker sale 400 (Berlin, February 2024), where it sold for €9,000 (about US$11,676 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Erzherzog Ferdinand, 1564-1595. Guldentaler (60 Kreuzer) 1575, Hall. In US-Plastikholder der NGC mit der Bewertung MS 65+* (5970104-005). Sehr selten, besonders in dieser Erhaltung. Kabinettstück. Stempelglanz (Holy Roman Empire, archduke Ferdinand, 1564-95, gudenthaler or sixty kreuzer of 1575, Hall mint. Graded NGC MS65+, very scarce in this quality, cabinet piece, uncirculated.)"
By 1600, the gulden had slipped from 5/6 thaler to 2/3 thaler, where it remained until the mid-eighteenth century. The similar Dav-55 has vertical rows of rivets on the archduke's breastplate and dots punctuating the obverse legend.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 24.6 g, silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-57; M./T. -; Voglh. 90 VII.
- 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, Katalog 400: Selected löser of the Dukes of Guelph from the Friedrich Popken Collection | Numismatic treasures from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. multiple portraits" from a Westphalian private collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
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