Regensburg 1640 1/2 thaler
This specimen was lot 3121 in Künker sale 405 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €420 (about US$551 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DIE REICHSSTADT REGENSBURG. DIE ZEIT DES KAISERS FERDINAND III. 1/2 Reichstaler 1640, mit Titel Ferdinands III. Münzmeister Siegmund Federer. Von größter Seltenheit. Hübsche Patina, Henkelspur, Felder leicht geglättet, sehr schön. (city of Regensburg, half thaler of 1640, in the name of Ferdinand III. Extremely rare, handsome patina, mount mark, light smoothing in the fields, very fine.)"
This type was struck 1640 and 1643. It was 45 kreuzer or three-fourths of a gulden.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 14,04 g.
Catalog reference: KM 101, Beckenbauer 6217; Slg. Bach (Auktion Künker 238) -.
- 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.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 405: Coins of the Bishopric and City of Regensburg - A significant special collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
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