Hesse-Cassel 1637-G thaler Dav-6766
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This specimen was lot 24015 in Heritage sale 3024 (Chicago, April 2013), where it sold for $1,468.75. The catalog description[1] noted, "Hesse-Cassel. Wilhelm V Taler 1637-GK, XF45 NGC, nice original toning, struck to mark the death of Wilhelm." Davenport lists 13 different thalers (Dav-6757, -6759, -6760, -6761, -6762, -6763, -A6764, -6765, -6766, -6770, -6771, -6772, -6773, not counting double thalers) from Hesse-Cassel for 1637. Hesse-Cassel was promoted to an Electorate in 1803 and was annexed by Prussia in 1866.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM 178, Dav-6766.
- 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.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- [1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3024, featuring the Kairos and Elizabeth McPhall Charters Collections, Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2013.
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