Teutonic Order 1613 thaler Dav-5853

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photo courtesy Stack's Bowers
photo courtesy Stack's Bowers

This specimen was lot 1512 in Stack's Coin Galleries sale (Irvine, July 2011), where it sold for $411. The catalog description noted, "GERMAN STATES. Teutonic Order. Taler, 1613. Maximilian of Austria (1588-1618). Crowned standing figure with broad sword flanked by Arms and crested helmet. Rv. Charging Knight on caparisoned steed r. above a circle of 12 shields. Cleaned, generally strongly detailed and appealing. VERY FINE." Altho the Teutonic Order is best remembered in history for its activities in Prussia and Latvia, these scarce thalers were minted for them in Hall in Tyrol.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-5853.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
  • Heinz Moser and Heinz Tursky, Die Munzstatte Hall in Tirol, 2 vols. Innsbruck: Verlag Dr Rudolf Erhad, 1981.
  • [1]Van Valen, Frank, and Vicken Yegparian, The July 2011 Coin Galleries Sale, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, 2011.

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