Bohemia (1544-63) thaler Dav-8045
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This specimen was lot 4029 in Sincona sale 34 (Zürich, October 2016), where it sold for 2,400 CHF (about US$2,849 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE - AUSTRIA. Ferdinand I. 1521-1564 Taler o. J. (1544/1563). Joachimsthal Münzmeister Rupprecht Puellacher. Selten. Gutes sehr schön. (Holy Roman Empire, Ferdinand I, 1521-64, undated thaler of the Joachimsthal mint, mintmaster Rupprecht Puellacher. Rare, Good very fine.)"
Davenport notes that this thaler also comes dated, with dates ranging 1545-48.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 28.93 g.
Catalog reference: Dav-8045; Dietiker 137. Voglh. 40. Donebauer 1163.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1484-1600, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1977.
- [1]Jürg Richter, Münzen und Medaillen des Römisch-Deutsches Reiches, Auktion 34, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2016.
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