Regensburg 1666-HF thaler Dav-5770
This specimen was lot 3154 in Künker sale 405 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €750 (about US$984 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DIE REICHSSTADT REGENSBURG. DIE ZEIT DES KAISERS LEOPOLDS I. Reichstaler 1666 (Jahreszahl im Stempel aus 1665 geändert), mit Titel Leopolds I. Münzmeister Hieronymus Federer. Von größter Seltenheit. Henkelspur, Rand und Felder überarbeitet, sehr schön. (city of Regensburg, thaler of 1666, struck in the name of Leopold I, 1666/5 overdate. Extremely rare, mount mark, edge and fields tooled, very fine.)"
This type was struck 1664-67 and 1672. The city of Regensburg issued a considerable variety of thalers after 1623 but all are rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 28,76 g.
Catalog reference: KM 172, Beckenbauer 6150; Dav-5770; 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.
- Davenport, John S., German Church and City Talers, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1967.
- [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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