Bohemia 1628 thaler Dav-3143

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Künker Auction 426, lot 3089

This specimen was lot 3089 in Künker Auction 426 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €750 (about US$1,062 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"HABSBURGISCHE ERBLANDE-ÖSTERREICH · RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Ferdinand II., 1592-1618-1637. Reichstaler 1628, Kuttenberg. Münzmeister Sebastian Hölzl. R Hübsche Patina, Kl. Henkelspur, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Holy Roman Empire, Ferdinand II, 1618-37, thaler of 1628, Kuttenberg mint. Rare, handsome patina, small mount mark, very fine to extremely fine.)"

Bohemian thalers for 1625 include KM 354/Dav-3136 (Prague), KM 355/Dav-3143 (shown here), and KM 356/Dav-3141 (Joachimsthal). The SCWC lists this type for 1623-37. Kuttenberg, now Kutná Hora, was devastated during the Thirty Years War and the mines fell into ruin. Other Hapsburg thalers for 1628 include KM 599/Dav-3091 (Vienna), KM 600/Dav-3091A, KM 628/Dav-3108 (Graz), KM 629.2/Dav-3338 (Hall), KM 678/Dav-3124 (St. Veit), KM 700/Dav-3148 and KM 267.4/Dav-3353 (Ensisheim).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver; this specimen is 28,86 g.

Catalog reference: KM 355, Dav-3143; Dietiker 720; Halacka 799 var.; Voglh. 143 var.

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, eLive Premium Auction 426: European and German Coins and Medals from the 16th to the 20th century, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.

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