Austria 1733-Hall 1/2 thaler

from Stack's Bowers 2017 NYINC sale, lot 6048

This specimen was lot 6048 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2017), where it sold for $822.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "AUSTRIA. 1/2 Taler, 1733. Hall Mint. Charles VI (1711-40). NGC MS-64. Handsome example featuring a nicely rendered portrait. Deep medium gray toning over the whole surface with subdued luster showing beneath." The Hall mint was an occasional emitter of half thalers in the eighteenth century. This was the first issue since 1724 and is available despite being a one year type.

Recorded mintage: 21,000.

Specification: 14.41 g, 0.875 fine silver, .405 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM-1616.2.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• Heinz Moser and Heinz Tursky, Die Munzstatte Hall in Tirol, 2 vols. Innsbruck: Verlag Dr Rudolf Erhad, 1981.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, The January 2017 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Richard Stuart Collection, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2016.

Link to:

• 1724 half thaler, Hall mint
• 1731 half thaler, Graz mint
• 1733 3 kreuzer, Hall mint
• 1733 thaler, Hall mint
• 1734 quarter thaler, Hall mint
• Coins and currency dated 1733
• return to coins of Austria