Austria 1575 guldenthaler Dav-55
This specimen was lot 1865 in Künker Auction 425 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €420 (about US$595 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"HABSBURGISCHE ERBLANDE-ÖSTERREICH · RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Erzherzog Ferdinand, 1564-1595. Guldentaler (60 Kreuzer) 1575, Hall. Zainende, vorzüglich. (Holy Roman Empire, archduke Ferdinand, 1564-95, guldenthaler or sixty kreuzer of 1575, Hall mint. Clipped, extremely fine.)"
The clip shown is likely an artifact of the minting process rather than an unscrupulous person with a file. It was struck 1574-75 with vertical rows of rivets on the archduke's breastplate and dots punctuating the obverse legend. The similar Dav-57 has horizontal ribs on the archduke's breastplate and colons punctuating the obverse legend.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 24.6 g, silver, this specimen 24,47 g.
Catalog reference: Dav-55 var; M./T. 223 var.; Voglh. 90 VI var.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1484-1600, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1977.
- 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 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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- 1574 guldenthaler, Hall mint, archduke Ferdinand, no ribbon
- 1574 guldenthaler, Hall mint, archduke Ferdinand, with ribbon on obverse
- 1575 guldenthaler, Hall mint, horizontal ribs
- 1575 thaler, Graz mint
- 1575 thaler, Kuttenberg mint
- 1575 thaler, Joachimsthal mint
- Salzburg 1575 guldenthaler
- 1576 ducat, Klagenfurt mint
- Coins and currency dated 1575