Reuss-Schleiz 1679-IAB thaler Dav-7314
This specimen was lot 1141 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €1,200 (about US$1,550 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"REUSS-SCHLEIZ, GRAFSCHAFT, Heinrich I. 1640-1692. Reichstaler 1679, Schleiz. Dreifaltigkeitstaler. R Henkelspur, sonst sehr schön. (Germany, county of Reuss-Schleiz, Henry I, 1640-92, "Trinity" thaler of 1679, Schleiz mint. Scarce, mount mark, decent very fine.)"
Another rare issue from an insignificant locale. It is accompanied by an even rarer double thaler. All the counts of Reuss were named Heinrich and were numbered consecutively, starting with the first male child born in each century. Thus, this Heinrich I succeeded Heinrich IX and was followed by Heinrich XI.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Schmidt/Knab 505, KM 26, Dav-7314.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Davenport, John S., German Secular Talers, 1600-1700, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1976.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 263, The Friedrich Popken collection of gold and silver coinages | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the collection of Ernst Otto Horn, part III, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015.
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