Hungary 1697-KB 1/2 thaler
This specimen was lot 32524 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2024), where it sold for $960 The catalog description[1] noted, "HUNGARY. 1/2 Thaler, 1697-KB. Kremnica Mint. Leopold I. PCGS MS-64. A superb specimen of this elegant emission from the Kremnica Mint roller press. The portrait is struck to exceedingly sharp definition, each curl of the hair full and intact, while the fields glow with watery luster. About as nice an example of the type as one could hope for." This variety, struck 1690-99, is listed as one of the more common half thalers of the period. Hungary in 1697 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-220.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, May 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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