Eggenberg 1644 thaler Dav-3389
This specimen was lot 413 in Künker sale 400 (Berlin, February 2024), where it sold for €7,500 (about US$9,730 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DIE ÖSTERREICHISCHEN STANDESHERREN, EGGENBERG, FURSTENTUM, Johann Anton, 1634-1649. Reichstaler 1644, Krummau. RR Attraktives Exemplar mit feiner Patina, sehr schön. (Austrian states, principality of Eggenberg, John Anthony, 1634-49, thaler of 1644, Krummau mint. Very rare, attractive example with fine patina, very fine.)"
The prince also had struck double, triple and quadruple thalers in 1644 along with another single thaler (Dav-3387) with a different hairstyle and obverse legend. This type was struck again in 1649.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 28.88 g.
Catalog reference: KM 27, Dav-3389; Slg. Donebauer 3312.
- 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, Katalog 400: Selected löser of the Dukes of Guelph from the Friedrich Popken Collection | Numismatic treasures from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. "multiple portraits" from a Westphalian private collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
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