Schlick 1633 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 1804 in Sincona sale 90 (Zürich, May 2024), where it sold for 225 CHF (about US$302 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"RDR / ÖSTERREICH, Schlick, Grafschaft, Heinrich IV. 1612-1650. 1 Kreuzer 1633, Plan. Mit dem Titel von Ferdinand II. Münzmeister Johann Candler. Sehr schön. Überdurchschnittliche Erhaltung. (Austrian states, county of Schlick, Henry IV, 1612-50, kreuzer of 1633, Plan mint, struck in the name of Ferdinand II. Very fine, Extraordinary condition.)"
The counts of Schlick in Bohemia were the original proprietors of the mint at Joachimsthal, where the first "thalers" were struck. However, by the seventeenth century the counts had long since lost the mine and only a few scarce pieces were struck. This type is listed in the SCWC for 1630 only. Wikipedia comments,
"Count Heinrich von Schlick zu Bassano und Weißkirchen (1580 – 5 January 1650, Vienna) was an Imperial Field Marshal and president of the Hofkriegsrat. As a young man, he fought in Hungary under Giorgio Basta for Rudolf II against Stephen Bocskay's revolt until 1604. As a Lutheran, he sided with the Protestant Bohemians at the beginning of the Bohemian phase of the Thirty Years War, when the province was overrun by Imperial forces. As a competent officer his advice was often overlooked, especially at the Battle of White Mountain that took place on November 8, 1620. The battle was a defeat for the Protestant Bohemians. After the defeat he changed to the Imperial side."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver or billon, this specimen 0.91 g.
Catalog reference: KM 5, Slg. Donebauer 3806.
- 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]Richter, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 90, Münzen und Medaillen der Welt, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2024.
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