Schlick 1651-VM thaler Dav-3409
This specimen was lot 1816 in Sincona sale 90 (Zürich, May 2024), where it sold for 1,400 CHF (about US$1,850 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"RDR / ÖSTERREICH, Schlick, Grafschaft, Franz Ernst, 1650-1675. Taler 1651, Plan. Mit dem Titel von Ferdinand III. Münzmeister Hauptmann Ulrich Sigmund Mirowsky von Mirosowic. Selten. Sehr schön. Henkelspur und Felder geglättet. (Austrian states, county of Schlick, thaler of 1651, Plan mint, struck in the name of Ferdinand III. Rare, Very fine, Mount mark and fields smoothed.)"
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 1651-54.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 29.11 g.
Catalog reference: KM 21.1, Slg. Donebauer 3830, Smetana/Jakymankova M5a, Dav-3409.
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- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
- 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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