Hesse-Cassel 1630-TS thaler Dav-6741

Stack's Bowers 2021 ANA sale, lot 44428

photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 44428 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $780. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Hesse-Cassel. Taler, 1630-TS. Wilhelm V. NGC VF-35. An evenly worn and problem-free Taler, with gray toning that darkens at the peripheries. From the Midtown Collection." This rare two-year type was issued during the reign of the landgrave William V (r. 1627-37); twelve different thalers are known with this theme, all dated 1628-38. Hesse-Cassel was promoted to an Electorate in 1803 and was annexed by Prussia in 1866.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-6741; KM-115.2.

Source:

• 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

Link to:

• 1628-TS thaler, "God's Wrath"
• 1629-TS goldgulden, "God's wrath"
• Hesse-Cassel 1630 1/96 thaler = 4 heller
• 1630-TS double thaler
• 1631-TS thaler, "God's Wrath"
• 1632-TS thaler, death of Moritz
• 1633 thaler, bust obverse
• 1633-TS thaler, "God's Wrath"
• Coins and currency dated 1630