Hesse-Cassel 1627-TS thaler Dav-6729
This specimen was lot 5792 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €2,800 (about US$3,897 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"HESSEN-KASSEL, LANDGRAFSCHAFT, Wilhelm V. 1627-1637. Reichstaler 1627, Kassel. Porträttaler. Mit glattem Brustharnisch neben den Rosetten auf der Vorderseite und ohne Punkt am Ende der Vorderseitenumschrift. R Sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, landgraviate of Hesse-Cassel, William V, 1627-37, thaler of 1627, Cassel mint, portrait thaler, with a smooth breastplate next to the rosettes on the front and without a dot at the end of the obverse legend.)"
This rare type is one of several issued in 1627 (Dav-6723, -6728, -6729, -6731, -6732, Dav-6733, -6734, Dav-6735).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 29,26 g.
Catalog reference: KM 91, Dav-6729; Schütz 722; Müller 2118 b.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Davenport, John S., German Secular Talers, 1600-1700, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1976.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 354: Munzen und Medaillen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. Braunschweig-Luneburg. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.
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