Hesse-Cassel 1631-TS thaler Dav-6745A
This specimen was lot 25135 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $1,440. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Hesse-Cassel. "Willow Tree" Taler, 1631-TS. Cassel Mint. Wilhelm V. NGC AU-55. An interesting crown, this type features a personification of the winds blowing against a tree, with a village in the background and a radiant tetragrammaton above. Lightly handled and pleasingly toned, with some deeper olive hues nearer the peripheries and around the devices. From the Augustana Collection." This one 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. After William V's death, coinage for this state lapsed back into somnolence.
Recorded mintage: unknown but the most common.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-6745A; KM-115.4.
- 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 January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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