Austria 1622 thaler Dav-3330
This specimen was lot 4745 in Künker sale 441 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €2,400 (about US$3,302 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Erzherzog Leopold V., 1619-1632. Reichstaler 1622, Hall. Selten, besonders in dieser Erhaltung. Attraktives Exemplar mit herrlicher Tönung, kl. Stempelfehler, fast Stempelglanz. (Holy Roman Empire, archduke Leopold V, 1619-32, thaler of 1622, hall mint. Rare in this quality, attractive example with superb patina, minor die cracks, about uncirculated.)"
Leopold V (1586-1632) was made bishop of Strasbourg in 1598, at the age of 12, and held that office until 1626, when he resigned to get married. He obtained the governorship of Tyrol on the death of his cousin Maximilian in 1619. His sons Ferdinand Charles (d. 1662) and Sigismund Francis (d. 1665) also became counts of Tyrol and were the last archdukes to emit coinage. This thaler has the reverse legend "ARCHIDVC:GVBERNATOR PLENARIVS COM: TIRO", marking it as KM 264.5/Dav-3330.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 28.3-28.8 g, silver, 43 mm diameter, this specimen 28,60 g.
Catalog reference: KM 264.5, Dav-3330; M./T. 423 var.; Voglh. 175 II var.
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- 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, 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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