St. Gall 1621 thaler Dav-4677A

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Sincona sale 68, lot 5417

This specimen was lot 5417 in Sincona sale 68 (Zürich, October 2020), where it sold for 850 CHF (about US$1,119 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"SWITZERLAND | St. Gallen | Stadt und Kanton, Talerklippe 1621, St. Gallen. Gutes sehr schön. Henkelspur. Felder minimal geglättet. (city and canton of St. Gall, Good very fine, Mount mark. Fields minimally tooled.)"

Thalers for St. Gall are few and far between; this issue is the klippe version of Dav-4677.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 27.48 g.

Catalog reference: TZN 68b.1, Winterstein (Klippen) 136b, D.T. 1400h, HMZ 2-897b, Anm, Dav-4677A.

Source:

  • 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, Auction 68, Swiss Coins, Medals and Banknotes, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2020.
  • Richter, Jürg, and Ruedi Kunzmann, Neuer HMZ-Katalog, Band 2: Die Münzen der Schweiz und Liechtensteins 15//16. Jahrhundert bis Gegenwart, Regenstauf, Germany: H. Gietl Verlag GmbH, 2006.

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