Austria 1631 thaler Dav-3091

Goldberg sale 85, lot 3558

This specimen was lot 3558 in Goldberg sale 85 (Los Angeles, June 2015), where it sold for $517. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Austria. Taler, 1631 (Vienna). Ferdinand II, 1619-1637. Lustrous, sharply struck with light gray tone. NGC graded AU-58." This type was struck 1625-38 and is among the more common issues of the period. It was accompanied by a double thaler (Dav-3090) struck using the same dies.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-3091, KM 599.

Source:

• ^[1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, Aleeza Brown, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 85: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2015.
• 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.
• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.

Link to:

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• 1629 double thaler, Vienna mint
• 1630 half thaler, Prague mint
• 1630 thaler, Kuttenberg mint
• 1631 thaler, Ensisheim mint
• 1631 thaler, Breslau mint
• Eggenberg 1631 thaler Dav-3383
• 1631 thaler, Graz mint
• 1631 double thaler, Graz mint
• 1631 ducat, Graz mint, Ferdinand II
• 1632 thaler, Graz mint
• 1632 thaler, Hall mint
• 1633 thaler, Vienna mint
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