Silesia 1624-BZ thaler Dav-3154
This specimen was lot 4188 in Sincona sale 34 (Zürich, October 2016), where it sold for 5,250 CHF (about US$6,232 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE - AUSTRIA. Ferdinand II. 1618-1637 Taler 1624. Breslau Münzmeister Balthasar Zwirner. Sehr selten. Fast vorzüglich. Attraktive Tönung. (Holy Roman Empire, Ferdinand II, 1618-37, thaler of 1624, Breslau mint, mintmaster Balthasar Zwirner. Very rare, About extremely fine, attractive toning.)"
This rare type is one of several closely related types (Dav-3151, -3152, -3153) issued at this mint in 1624 as the Thirty Years War ground on.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 27.84 g.
Catalog reference: Dav-3154; F.u.S. 138 (Neisse). Voglh. 126/I, KM 129.4 (listed under Silesia).
- 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]Jürg Richter, Münzen und Medaillen des Römisch-Deutsches Reiches, Auktion 34, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2016.
Links to:
- 1624 10 kreuzer, Hall mint
- 1624 quarter thaler, Prague mint
- 1624 half thaler, Joachimsthal mint
- 1624 half thaler, Prague mint
- 1624-BZ half thaler, Neisse mint
- 1624-BZ thaler, Neisse mint
- 1624 thaler, St.-Veit mint
- 1624 thaler, Hall mint
- 1624 thaler klippe, Hall mint
- 1624 thaler, Vienna mint
- 1624 thaler, short bust, Vienna mint
- 1624 thaler, half-length bust, Vienna mint
- 1624 thaler, Vienna mint
- 1624 thaler, Ensisheim mint
- 1624 thaler, Graz mint
- 1624 thaler, Graz mint
- 1624 thaler, Prague mint
- 1624 thaler, Joachimsthal mint
- 1624-B thaler, Brunn mint
- 1624-B HG thaler, Brunn mint
- 1624 thaler, St. Pölten mint
- 1624 double thaler, Vienna mint
- 1631 thaler, Breslau mint
- Coins and currency dated 1624