Austria 1683/2-IR 2 thaler Dav-3238

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Künker Auction 425, lot 1912

This specimen was lot 1912 in Künker Auction 425 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €22,000 (about US$31,152 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"HABSBURGISCHE ERBLANDE-ÖSTERREICH · RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Leopold I., 1657-1705. Doppelter Reichstaler 1683, St. Veit. (Blume) LEOPOLDVS : D : GR : RO : IM : SE : AV : GE : H : B : REX Geharnischtes Brustbild r. mit Lorbeerkranz und umgelegtem Mantel//ARCHI : DVX : AVS : E - CARIN : DVX : BVR : 16 - 83 : Gekröntes und verziertes Wappen, umher die Kette des Ordens vom Goldenen Vlies. Von größter Seltenheit. Feine Patina, kl. Schrötlingsfehler am Rand, sehr schön-vorzüglich. Exemplar der Slg. Hollschek, Auktion Austria in Nummis 1, Wien 1956, Nr. 1249; der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 380, Berlin 2023, Nr. 569 und der Auktion H. D. Rauch 118, Wien 2024, Nr. 687. (Holy Roman Empire, Leopold I, 1657-1705, double thaler of 1683, St. Veit mint. Obverse: armored, laureate and mantled bust right; reverse: crowned and quartered arms, Order chain around. Extremely rare, fine patina, edge flaws, very fine to extremely fine.)"

This very rare double thaler is listed only as overdate 1683/2 but no 1682 exists. The SCWC also notes a ten ducats from the same mint, likely struck from the same dies.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 58-59 g, silver, this specimen 56,35 g.

Catalog reference: KM 1323, Dav-3238; Voglh. -; Herinek 575.

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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