Austria 1609 thaler Dav-3310
This specimen was lot 1886 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, Ferdinand II., 1592-1618-1637. Reichstaler 1609, Graz. Prägung als Erzherzog. R Feine Patina, sehr schön. (Holy Roman Empire, Ferdinand II, 1618-17, thaler of 1609, Graz mint, struck while archduke. Rare, fine patina, very fine.)"
This type was struck struck 1609-10 and is somewhat scarce. For other thalers of 1609, see also KM 24/Dav-3314 (Klagenfurt), KM 25/Dav-3002 (Vienna), KM 26/Dav-3028 (Kuttenberg), KM 81/Dav-3006 (Hall), KM 103/Dav-3037 (Vienna), KM 104/Dav-3038, KM 247.1/Dav-3035 (Ensisheim).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 28-29 g, silver, this specimen 28,49 g.
Catalog reference: KM 102, Dav-3310; Voglh. 123 III.
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- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
- [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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