Austria 1609 thaler Dav-3038

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Künker Auction 441, lot 4708

This specimen was lot 4708 in Künker sale 441 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €7,500 (about US$10,318 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Matthias, 1608-1612-1619. Reichstaler 1609, Wien. RR Fast vorzüglich. Aus der Sammlung Kommerzialrat Dr. Herbert Wenzel, Wien. Exemplar der Slg. Karl Hollschek, Sonder-Münzenauktion, Austria in Nummis, 1. Teil, Wien, Februar 1956, Nr. 562. Erworben 1983 von Tschantera, Wien. (Holy Roman Empire, Matthias, 1612-19, thaler of 1609, Vienna mint. Very rare, about extremely fine.)"

Austrian thalers for 1609 include KM 24/Dav-3314 (Klagenfurt), KM 25/Dav-3002 (Vienna), KM 25/Dav-3019 (Prague), KM 26/Dav-3028 (Kuttenberg), KM 27/Dav-3021 (Joachimsthal), KM 36/Dav-3030 (Budweis), KM 81/Dav-3006 (Hall), 102/Dav-3310, KM 102/Dav-3310 (Graz), KM 103/Dav-3037 (Vienna), KM 104/Dav-3038 (Vienna mint, shown here) and KM 247.4/Dav-3035 (Ensisheim).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 2.64 g, 0.937 fine silver, this specimen 27,61 g.

Catalog reference: KM 104, Dav-3038 A; M. z. A. -; Voglh. 112 I.

Sources:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Frühjahrs-Auktion 441: Orders and Decorations from the Estate of Wilhelm, Duke of Bavaria (1752–1837), among others | Coins and Medals from the Middle Ages and Modern times, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Norway, and Saxony, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.

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