Regensburg 1647 1/2 thaler

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Künker sale 405, lot 3125

This specimen was lot 3125 in Künker sale 405 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €1,100 (about US$1,443 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"DIE REICHSSTADT REGENSBURG. DIE ZEIT DES KAISERS FERDINAND III. 1/2 Reichstaler 1647, mit Titel Ferdinands III. Münzmeister Hans Siegmund Federer. RR Fast vorzüglich. (city of Regensburg, half thaler of 1647, in the name of Ferdinand III. Very rare, about extremely fine.)"

This scarce type was struck 1647 and 1653-54.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 14,56 g.

Catalog reference: KM 114, Beckenbauer 6223 (this example); Slg. Bach (Auktion Künker 238) 4626.

Source:

  • 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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