Austria 1589 thaler Dav-8127
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This specimen was lot 4455 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €750 (about US$984 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Erzherzog Karl, 1564-1590. Reichstaler 1589, Graz. RR Hübsche Patina, leichte Prägeschwäche, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Austria, archduke Charles, 1564-90, thaler of 1589, Graz mint. Very rare, handsome patina, slightly weakly struck, very fine to extremely fine.)"
This date, 1589, seems to be the most common for the type but others are known from 1586 and 1587.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 28.71 g.
Catalog reference: Dav-8127 var.; Voglh. 78 VIII 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.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
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