Schlick 1661-IP 1/2 thaler
This specimen was lot 1818 in Sincona sale 90 (Zürich, May 2024), where it sold for 9,000 CHF (about US$11,893 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"RDR / ÖSTERREICH, Schlick, Grafschaft, Franz Ernst, 1650-1675. 1/2 Taler 1661, Plan. Mit dem Titel von Leopold I. Münzmeister Johann Pellet von Hundt. Selten, besonders in dieser Erhaltung. Gutes vorzüglich. Herrliche Patina. (Austrian states, county of Schlick, Francis Ernest, 1650-75, half thaler of 1661, Rare, especially in this condition, Good 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 is listed in the SCWC for 1661 only.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 14.52 g.
Catalog reference: KM 20.2, Slg. Donebauer 3840 var, Smetana/Jakymankova IP10b.
- 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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