Hesse-Cassel 1651 thaler Dav-6768
This specimen was lot 2473 in Sincona Auction 101 (Zürich, October 2025), where it sold for 2,750 CHF (about US$4,145 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DEUTSCHLAND Hessen-Kassel, Landgrafschaft, ab 1803 Kurfürstentum, Wilhelm VI. 1637-1663, bis 1650 unter Vormundschaft seiner Mutter Amalie Elisabeth von Hanau-Münzenberg. Taler 1651, Kassel. Auf den Tod seiner Mutter Amalie Elisabeth. Sehr selten in dieser Erhaltung. Gutes vorzüglich. Hübsche Patina. Schrötlingsfehler am Rand. (Germany, landgraviate of Hesse-Cassel, William VI, 1637-63, until 1650 under the regency of his mother Amalie Elisabeth von Hanau-Münzenberg, thaler of 1651, Kassel mint, on the death of his mother. Very rare in this condition, About Uncirculated, Attractively toned, Flan flaw on edge.)"
After issuing a flurry of thalers in the 1630's, this state issued almost no thalers for the rest of the seventeenth century. This is an exception.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 28.91 g.
Catalog reference: KM 220, Müller 21 A 4. Müseler 28 1/5. Dav-6768.
- 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]Richter, Jurg, SINCONA Auction 101: World Coins, Medals and Banknotes, Swiss Confederate Coins, Medals and Banknotes, Shooting Coins and Medals, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2025.
Link to:
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- 1637-LH thaler, "LH" below lion
- 1637-AG thaler, "God's Wrath"
- 1637-GK thaler, "God's Wrath"
- 1637-LH thaler, "LH" in legend
- 1637 thaler, death of the landgrave
- 1637-G thaler, death of the landgrave
- 1637-GK thaler, death of the landgrave
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