Regensburg 1664-HF 1/6 thaler
This specimen was lot 3174 in Künker sale 405 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €2,200 (about US$2,887 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DIE REICHSSTADT REGENSBURG. DIE ZEIT DES KAISERS LEOPOLDS I. 1/6 Reichstaler 1664 (Jahreszahl im Stempel aus 1663 geändert), mit Titel Leopolds I. Münzmeister Hieronymus Federer. Von allergrößter Seltenheit. Prachtexemplar. Feine Patina, fast Stempelglanz. (city of Regensburg, one-sixth thaler of 1664, struck in the name of Leopold I, 1664/3 overdate. Extremely rare, cabinet example, fine patina, about uncirculated.)"
This denomination, worth fifteen kreuzer or one quarter gulden, was struck only intermittently and most, like this one, are very rare. This type was struck 1659 and 1662-64.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 4,80 g.
Catalog reference: KM 157, Beckenbauer Nachtrag 6359; 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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