Hungary 1698-KB thaler Dav-3264
This specimen was lot 1244 in Jean Elsen sale 116 (Brussels, March 2013), where it sold for €170 (about US$258 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SAINT EMPIRE, Léopold Ier (1657-1705), AR Taler, 1698 KB, Kremnitz. Type hongrois. Droit: B. l., drapé et cuirassé à droite. Revers: Aigle impériale couronnée. Légère trace de monture. Très Beau (Holy Roman Empire, Leopold I (1657-1705), silver thaler of 1698, Kremnitz mint, Hungarian type. Obverse: Laureate, draped and armored bust to right; reverse: crowned imperial eagle. Light trace of mounting, very fine.)"
This type, struck 1681-1700 in many varieties (Dav-3260, -3261, -3262, -3262A, -3262B, -3263, -3263A, -3264, -3265), is common. This variety, struck 1695-99, is listed as one of the more common thalers of the period. Hungary in 1698 had been freshly reconquered by the Austrians from the Turks but was not part of the Empire.
Recorded mintage: 364,000.
Specification: silver, this specimen 28,70 g.
Catalog reference: Her., 742; Huszar, 1374; Dav-3264, KM-214.8.
- 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]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 116, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2013.
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