Hesse-Cassel 1637-AG thaler Dav-6763B
This specimen was lot 3939 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 1637, Kassel. Weidenbaumtaler. Etwas poröser Schrötling, Randfehler, sehr schön. Der Weidenbaumtaler, in den Jahren 1627-1637 geprägt, sollte eigentlich ein Palmbaumtaler (wie auch in einigen Büchern angegeben) werden, da die Palme ein Symbol der Stärke darstellt. Der hessische Stempelschneider stellte die Palme jedoch in der Form der ihm bekannteren Weide dar. (Germany, landgraviate of Hesse-Cassel, William V, 1627-37, "willow" thaler of 1637, Cassel mint. Somewhat porous, rim bumps, very fine. The design of this thaler was supposed to include palm branches but the engraver, having neve seen palm fronds, used willow branches instead.)"
This "God's wrath" thaler was accompanied by Dav-6753, -6755, -6761, 6757, -6759, -6760, -6762, -A6764, -6765A, -6770, -6772, -6773, -6775, -6775A and -6776. The landgraviate never again issued such a plethora of thalers.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 29.00 g.
Catalog reference: KM 162.8, Dav-6763 B; Schütz 924; Müller 2128 b.
- 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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