Hesse-Cassel 1632-TS thaler Dav-6726
This specimen was lot 3935 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €800 (about US$1,047 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"HESSEN, HESSEN-KASSEL, LANDGRAFSCHAFT, SEIT 1803 KURFÜRSTENTUM. Wilhelm V. 1627-1637. Reichstaler 1632, Kassel, auf den Tod seines Vaters Moritz. Feine Patina, kl. Schrötlingsfehler am Rand, sehr schön +. (Germany, landgraviate of Hesse-Cassel, William V, 1627-37, thaler of 1632, Cassel mint, on the death of his father Maurice. Fine patina, rim nicks, very fine or better.)"
This thaler must have been saved as it is not expensive.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 29,41 g.
Catalog reference: KM 128, Dav-6726; Schütz 811; Müller 2022.
- 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 Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
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