Regensburg 1667-HF 1/2 thaler
This specimen was lot 3162 in Künker sale 405 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €800 (about US$1,050 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DIE REICHSSTADT REGENSBURG. DIE ZEIT DES KAISERS LEOPOLDS I. 1/2 Reichstaler 1667 (Jahreszahl im Stempel aus 1666 geändert), mit Titel Leopolds I. Münzmeister Hieronymus Federer. RR Hübsche Patina, sehr schön +. (city of Regensburg, half thaler of 1667, struck in the name of Leopold I, 1667/6 overdate. Very rare, handsome patina, choice very fine.)"
None of the half thalers of the seventeenth century are common altho they were struck in most years. This type was struck 1665-67, 1672, 1680, 1691 and 1694.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 14,33 g.
Catalog reference: KM 178, Beckenbauer 6238; 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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