Austria 1625 thaler Dav-3087

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Künker Auction 425, lot 1896

This specimen was lot 1896 in Künker Auction 425 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €650 (about US$921 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"HABSBURGISCHE ERBLANDE-ÖSTERREICH · RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Ferdinand II., 1592-1618-1637. Reichstaler 1625, Wien. Feine Tönung, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Holy Roman Empire, Ferdinand II, 1618-37, thaler of 1625, Vienna mint. Fine toning, very fine to extremely fine)"

This type was struck 1624-25 and is fairly common. For other thalers of 1625, see also KM 356/Dav-3141 (Joachimsthal), Dav-3143 (Kuttenberg), KM 420/Dav-3136 (Prague), KM 521/Dav-3106 (Hall), KM 525.2/Dav-3093 (St. Pölten), KM 525.3/Dav-3094 (St. Pölten), KM 525.4/Dav-3095 (St. Pölten), KM 525.5/Dav-3096 (St. Pölten), KM 526/Dav-3123 (St. Veit), KM 531/Dav-3087 (shown here), KM 598/Dav-3088, KM 599/Dav-3091 (Vienna), KM 600/Dav-3019A.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 28-29 g, silver, this specimen 28,59 g.

Catalog reference: KM 531, Dav-3087; Voglh. 154 VIII.

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, 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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