Muhlhausen 1676-IZW 2/3 thaler
This specimen was lot 4305 in Künker sale 441 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €1,700 (about US$2,339 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"MÜHLHAUSEN IN THÜRINGEN, STADT 2/3 Taler 1676. Sehr selten in dieser Erhaltung. Sehr attraktives Exemplar mit herrlicher Patina, vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 152, Osnabrück 2009, Nr. 6286. (city of Mühlhausen, two-thirds thaler of 1676. Very rare in this quality, very attractive example with outstanding patina, extremely fine.)"
The final third of the seventeenth century saw a profusion of issues of this denomination. This scarce type was struck 1676 only.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM 26, Behr 20; Dav-688.
- 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.
- Davenport, John S., Silver Gulden, 1559-1763, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1982.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Frühjahrs-Auktion 441: Orders and Decorations from the Estate of Wilhelm, Duke of Bavaria (1752–1837), among others | Coins and Medals from the Middle Ages and Modern times, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Norway, and Saxony, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.
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