Regensburg 1667-HF 1/6 thaler
This specimen was lot 3175 in Künker sale 405 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €550 (about US$722 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DIE REICHSSTADT REGENSBURG. DIE ZEIT DES KAISERS LEOPOLDS I. 1/6 Reichstaler 1667, mit Titel Leopolds I. Münzmeister Hieronymus Federer. Von großer Seltenheit. Hübsche Patina, fast vorzüglich. (city of Regensburg, one-sixth thaler of 1667, struck in the name of Leopold I. Extremely rare, handsome patina, about extremely fine.)"
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 1667 and 1680.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 4,96 g.
Catalog reference: KM 179, Beckenbauer 6361; Slg. Bach (Auktion Künker 238) 4695.
- 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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