Austria 1629 2 thaler Dav-3090

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Künker sale 335, lot 4663

This specimen was lot 4663 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €1,200 (about US$1,570 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH. Ferdinand II. 1592-1618-1637. Dicker doppelter Reichstaler 1629, Wien. RR Henkelspur, sehr schön. (Holy Roman Empire, Ferdinand II, 1618-37, double thaler of 1629, Vienna mint. Rare, mount mark, very fine.)"

This is one of the few double thalers struck for more than one year, being minted 1625-26, 1629-36. It was struck using the same dies as the single thaler Dav-3091.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 56.35 g.

Catalog reference: KM 611, Dav-3090; Herinek 299.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
  • [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.

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