Bohemia 1598 thaler Dav-8079
This specimen was lot 1130 in Goldberg Sale 146 (Los Angeles, July 2025), where it sold for $780. The catalog description[1] noted, "Bohemia. Taler, 1598. Kuttenberg mint. Rudolf II. Pop 1; The only one graded at PCGS. PCGS graded Extremely Fine Detail (Cleaned). The Augustana Collection." This particular type is a product of the Kuttenberg mint for 1578-1602; the issues of 1601-02 are catalogued as Dav-3023. Davenport lists over 130 different thalers for Austria in the sixteenth century. The Kuttenberg or Kutná Hora mint in Bohemia was an important producer of coin until it was wrecked during the Thirty Years War.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 29.03 g, 40.4 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Dav-8079, KM MB255.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1484-1600, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1977.
- Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
- [1]Goldberg, Ira, Stephen Harvey and Vera Kan, Goldberg Sale 146: US Coins & Currency, Ancient & World Coins, featuring The Americas Collection, The Henry Garrett Collection & The Augustana Collection, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2025.
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