Hungary 1711-KB 1/2 thaler
This specimen was lot 4594 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €3,400 (about US$4,461 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Josef I. 1705-1711. 1/2 Reichstaler 1711 (Jahreszahl im Stempel aus 1709 geändert), KB, Kremnitz. In US-Plastikholder der NGC mit der Bewertung MS 65 (5784009-051). Prachtexemplar. Herrliche Patina, fast Stempelglanz. (Austria, Joseph I, 1705-11, half thaler of 1711, Kremnitz mint, 1711/09 overdate. Graded NGC MS-65, cabinet example, superb patina, about uncirculated.)"
This type was struck for Joseph I during 1708-11. The SCWC notes it as fairly common and mentions the 1711/00 overdate.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM 281, Herinek 169.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
Link to:
- 1710-KB half thaler
- 1711-KB quarter ducat
- Hungary 1711-CH PW 1/4 ducat Fr-169, Pressburg mint
- 1711-KB ducat
- 1714-KB half thaler
- Coins and currency dated 1711
- return to coinage of Hungary