Hesse-Darmstadt 1700-IAR 1/2 thaler
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This specimen was lot 4263 in Künker sale 441 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €4,400 (about US$6,053 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"HESSEN-DARMSTADT, LANDGRAFSCHAFT, SEIT 1806 GROSSHERZOGTUM Ernst Ludwig, 1678-1739. 1/2 Reichstaler 1700, Darmstadt. Von größter Seltenheit. Hübsche Patina, sehr schön. (landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt, Ernest Louis, 1678-1739, half thaler of 1700, Darmstadt mint. Extremely rare, handsome patina, very fine.)"
Altho the SCWC mentions a thaler for 1700 from this state (KM 95.3/Dav-6812), this half thaler is missing.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 14.5 g, silver, this specimen 14,54 g.
Catalog reference: KM unlisted, Schütz -; Müller 3434.
- 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.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Frühjahrs-Auktion 441: Orders and Decorations from the Estate of Wilhelm, Duke of Bavaria (1752–1837), among others | Coins and Medals from the Middle Ages and Modern times, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Norway, and Saxony, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.
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