Bohemia 1624 1/2 thaler KM-350

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Künker sale 335, lot 4658

This specimen was lot 4658 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €700 (about US$916 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH. Ferdinand II. 1592-1618-1637. 1/2 Reichstaler 1624, Joachimstal. Münzmeister Gregor Steinmüller. R Sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Holy Roman Empire, Ferdinand II, 1618-37, half thaler of 1624, Joachimsthal mint. Scarce, very fine to extremely fine.)"

This half thaler was struck at the Joachimsthal mint in Bohemia 1623-28. It was also minted at Prague (KM 347) and Kuttenberg (KM 349).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 14.47 g.

Catalog reference: KM 350, Dietiker 698; Halacka 839.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • [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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