Hungary 1695-KB 1/4 thaler

from the Stack's Bowers 2017 Collector's Choice sale, lot 72423

This specimen was lot 72423 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Santa Ana, CA, May 2017), where it sold for $352.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "HUNGARY. 1/4 Thaler, 1695-KB. Leopold I. NGC MS-63. Nice strike with lovely iridescent toning." This variety, struck 1694-1700, is listed as one of the more common quarter thalers of the period. Hungary in 1695 had been freshly reconquered by the Austrians from the Turks but was not part of the Empire.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-228.

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Rick, et al., The May 2017 Collector's Choice Sale, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.

Link to:

• 1694 half thaler
• 1694-KB thaler
• Hungary 1695-KB thaler Dav-3264
• 1695-NB PO double thaler, Nagybánya mint, Leopold I
• Hungary 1695-NB PO 5 ducats Fr-123
• 1696 half thaler
• 1696-NB quarter ducat
• 1698 quarter thaler
• Coins and currency dated 1695
• return to coins of Hungary