Hungary 1738-KB 1/2 thaler
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This specimen was lot 4770 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €550 (about US$720 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH. Karl VI. 1711-1740. 1/2 Reichstaler 1738, KB, Kremnitz. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Herrliche Patina, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Holy Roman Empire, Charles VI, 1711-40, half thaler of 1738, Kremnitz mint. Rare in this quality, beautiful patina, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
This type was struck 1733-40 and is noted as reasonably available.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 14.41 g, 0.875 fine silver; this specimen 14.38 g.
Catalog reference: KM 313, Herinek 554.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
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