Hesse-Cassel 1637-GK thaler Dav-A6764

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Künker Auction 425, lot 2189

This specimen was lot 2189 in Künker Auction 425 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €1,100 (about US$1,558 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"DEUTSCHE MÜNZEN UND MEDAILLEN · HESSEN-KASSEL, LANDGRAFSCHAFT, SEIT 1803 KURFÜRSTENTUM Wilhelm V., 1627-1637. Reichstaler 1637, Kassel. Weidenbaumtaler. Hübsche Patina, winz. Zainende, vorzüglich. (Germany, landgraviate of Hesse-Cassel, William V, 1627-37, "willow" thaler of 1637, Cassel mint. Handsome patina, minor clip, extremely fine.)"

Davenport lists 13 different thalers (Dav-6757, Dav-6759, Dav-6760, -6761, Dav-6762, Dav-6763, Dav-A6764 (shown here), Dav-6765, Dav-6766, Dav-6770, -6771, Dav-6772, -6773, not counting double thalers) from Hesse-Cassel for 1637. 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 28,80 g.

Catalog reference: KM 162.7, Dav-A 6764; Schütz 914; Müller 2128 b.

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • 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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