Isenburg-Budingen 1619 1/4 thaler
This specimen was lot 2206 in Künker Auction 425 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €1,400 (about US$1,983 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DEUTSCHE MÜNZEN UND MEDAILLEN · YSENBURG UND BÜDINGEN (IN BÜDINGEN), GRAFSCHAFT Wolfgang Ernst, 1596-1633. 1/4 Reichstaler 1619, Büdingen, mit Titel von Matthias. Sehr selten, besonders in dieser Erhaltung. Prachtexemplar. Fast Stempelglanz. (Germany, county of Isenburg-Büdingen, Wolfgang Ernest, 1596-1633, quarter thaler of 1619, Büdingen mint, struck in the name of Matthias. Very scarce in this quality, cabinet example, about uncirculated.)"
This rare type from an obscure state was struck 1618-19. Wikipedia comments,
"Isenburg-Büdingen was a County of southern Hesse, located in Büdingen. It was originally a part of the County of Isenburg. There were two different counties of the same name. The first (1341–1511) was a partition of Isenburg-Cleberg, and was partitioned into Isenburg-Büdingen-Birstein and Isenburg-Ronneburg in 1511. The second (1628–1806) was a partition of Isenburg-Büdingen-Birstein. It was partitioned between itself, Isenburg-Meerholz and Isenburg-Wächtersbach in 1673, and was mediatised to Isenburg in 1806. In 1816 Isenburg was partitioned between the Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt and the Electorate of Hesse-Kassel."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM 18, Grote -.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 425: Gold coins from the Medieval and Modern Times, from the Mohr family collection, e.g. | Silver coins, e.g. highlights of medallic art | German coins after 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.
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