Schlick 1660-IP thaler Dav-3412
This specimen was lot 3058 in Sincona sale 87 (Zürich, October 2023), where it sold for 6,250 CHF (about US$8,416 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"RDR / ÖSTERREICH Schlick, Grafschaft, Franz Ernst, 1650-1675. Taler 1660, Plan. Mit Titel Leopolds I. Mit dem Münzzeichen "Kartusche mit Stern" (Johann Pellet von Hundt, Hauptmann und Münzmeister in Plan, 1655-1663). Selten, besonders in dieser Erhaltung. Vorzüglich. Herrliche Patina. (county of Schlick, Francis Ernest, 1650-75, thaler of 1660, Plan mint, struck in the name of Leopold I, star on shield privy mark. Rare, especially in this condition, Extremely fine, Most attractively toned.)"
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, struck 1660-63 after the family recovered the mint, accompanied a double thaler.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 28.96 g.
Catalog reference: KM 21.3, Smetana/Jakymenkova IP6a. Slg. Donebauer 3837, Dav-3412.
- 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.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
- [1]Richter, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 87, World Coins and Medals, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2023.
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