Bohemia 1696-GE thaler Dav-3280

Sincona sale 34, lot 4242

This specimen was lot 4242 in Sincona sale 34 (Zürich, October 2016), where it sold for 700 CHF (about US$831 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE - AUSTRIA. Leopold I. 1657-1705 Taler 1696. Prag Münzmeister Gregor Egerer. Sehr schön-gutes sehr schön. (Holy Roman Empire, Leopold I, 1657-1705, thaler of 1696, Prague mint, mintmaster Gregor Egerer. Very fine-good very fine)"

This two year type (1696, 1702) is fairly scarce. The production of the Prague mint dwindled greatly after the devastation of the Thirty Years War.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 28.55 g.

Catalog reference: Dav-3280; Dietiker 903. Herinek 656, KM 611 (listed under Bohemia).

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]Jürg Richter, Münzen und Medaillen des Römisch-Deutsches Reiches, Auktion 34, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2016.

Links to:

• 1695-GE half thaler, Prague mint
• 1695-MMW thaler, Breslau mint
• 1695-CB thaler, Brieg mint
• 1695 thaler, Vienna mint
• 1695 thaler, Hall mint
• 1695-GE thaler, Prague mint
• Bohemia 1696-GE 3 kreuzer Prague mint
• 1696 thaler, Hall mint
• 1702 thaler, Prague mint
• Coins and currency dated 1696