Hesse-Cassel 1634-TS thaler Dav-6749
This specimen was lot 2188 in Künker Auction 425 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €900 (about US$1,275 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DEUTSCHE MÜNZEN UND MEDAILLEN · HESSEN-KASSEL, LANDGRAFSCHAFT, SEIT 1803 KURFÜRSTENTUM Wilhelm V., 1627-1637. Reichstaler 1634, Kassel. Weidenbaumtaler. Feine Tönung, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, landgraviate of Hesse-Cassel, William V, 1627-37, "willow" thaler of 1634, Cassel mint. Fine toning, very fine to extremely fine.)"
The landgrave issues several thalers in 1634, including KM 115.5/Dav-6749 (shown here), KM 115.6/Dav-6746 (God's wrath) and KM 141/Dav-6748 (bust obverse). The obverse, depicting a willow tree buffeted by a storm, is an allegory of the devastation wreaked by imperial forces on the landgrave's domain during the Thirty Years War.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 28,51 g.
Catalog reference: KM 115.6, Dav-6749; Schütz 840; Müller 2126 d.
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- 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, Katalog 425: Gold coins from the Medieval and Modern Times, from the Mohr family collection, e.g. | Silver coins, e.g. highlights of medallic art | German coins after 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.
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