Bohemia 1566 guldenthaler Dav-43
The first specimen was lot 1121 in Jean Elsen sale 161 (Brussels, March 2025), where it sold for €750 (about US$977 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SAINT EMPIRE, Maximilien II (1564-1576), AR Guldentaler, 1566, Joachimsthal. Pour la Bohême. D/ B. couronné et cuir. à d., ten. un sceptre et un gl. cr. avec la valeur 60. En dessous, petit écu au lion coupant la légende. R/ Aigle impériale couronnée, portant sur la poitrine l'écu écartelé de Bohême-Hongrie. Belle patine. Tache au revers. (Holy Roman Empire, Maximilian II, 1564-76, silver guldenthaler of 1566, Joachimsthal mint, struck for Bohemia. Obverse: crowned and armored bust bearing a scepter and an orb with the value "60", an escutcheon with a lion below; reverse: crowned imperial eagle bearing the arms of Bohemia and Hungary. Nice patina, stain on reverse, Very Fine.)"
The second specimen was lot 1857 in Künker Auction 425 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €1,600 (about US$2,266 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[2] noted,
"HABSBURGISCHE ERBLANDE-ÖSTERREICH · RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Maximilian II., 1564-1576. Guldentaler (60 Kreuzer) 1566, Joachimstal. Sehr schön. Exemplar der Auktion Münz Zentrum 50, Köln 1983, Nr. 2661. (Holy Roman Empire, Maximilian II, 1564-76, guldenthaler or sixty kreuzer of 1566, Joachimsthal mint. Very fine.)"
This type was struck at Joachimsthal 1565-73. Guldenthalers were also struck in Hall, Prague and Kuttenberg. At this time, the gulden or sixty kreuzer was five-sixths of a thaler.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 24.6 g, silver, the first specimen is 24,26 g, the second specimen 24,47 g.
Catalog reference: KM MB173, Halacka 210; Voglh. 73; Dietiker 208; Dav-43.
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- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 161, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2025.
- [2]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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