Hungary 1667-KB thaler Dav-3258
This specimen was lot 5512 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €17,000 (about US$21,968 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Leopold I. 1657-1705. Reichstaler 1667, KB, Kremnitz. Geharnischtes Brustbild r. mit Lorbeerkranz und umgelegter Kette des Ordens vom Goldenen Vlies//Gekrönter Doppeladler mit Schwert und Zepter in den Fängen, auf der Brust das gekrönte, vierfeldige Wappen Ungarn-Böhmen mit dem Mittelschild Österreich-Burgund. Sehr selten, besonders in dieser Erhaltung. Kabinettstück. Herrliche Patina, fast Stempelglanz. (Holy Roman Empire, Leopold I, 1657-1705, thaler of 1667, Kremnitz mint. Obverse: armored and laureate bust with order chain; reverse: crowned doubleheaded eagle with sword and scepter in its claws, on its breast the crowned, quartered arms of Hungary and Bohemia with the escutcheon of Austria and Burgundy. Very scarce, especially in this quality. Cabinet piece, superb patina, about uncirculated.)"
This type was struck 1664-68, 1671-73 and is rare. This example realized twelve times the catalog value. It varies from the similar Dav-3257 in depicting the emperor with a different lace collar.
Recorded mintage: 22,000.
Specification: silver, this specimen 28,63 g.
Catalog reference: KM 170.2, Dav-3258; Voglh. 225 II.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 386: Brakteaten | Mainz | Bibliothek Prof. Dr. Niklot Klüßendorf | Mittelalter und Neuzeit | Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023.
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