Hesse-Cassel 1635-LH thaler Dav-6751
This specimen was lot 25136 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $1,320. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Hesse-Cassel. "Willow Tree" Taler, 1635-LH. Cassel Mint. Wilhelm V. NGC AU-55. Full of interesting iconography, such as a personification of the winds, a radiant tetragrammaton, and the type's namesake, a billowing willow tree, this lightly handled crown offers deep toning and tremendous originality. 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 fairly common.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-6751; KM-115.7.
- 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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