Bavaria 1624 1/6 thaler

Künker sale 335, lot 3445

This specimen was lot 3445 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €380 (about US$497 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"BAYERN, HERZOGTUM, SEIT 1623 KURFÜRSTENTUM: Maximilian I. 1598-1651. 1/6 Taler 1624, München. R Kl. Randfehler, vorzüglich. (Germany, electorate of Bavaria, Maximilian I, 1598-1651, one-sixth thaler of 1624, Munich mint. Rim defect, extremely fine.)"

This type was struck 1623-24.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 4.70 g, silver, 26 mm diameter, this specimen 4.82 g.

Catalog reference: Hahn 99, KM 147.

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• ^[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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• 1624 kreuzer
• Bavaria 1624 2 kreuzer
• 1624 thaler
• Coins and currency dated 1624
• return to coins of German States, Bavaria