Transylvania 1628-NB groschen

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Steve Album sale 51, lot 1187

This specimen was lot 1187 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $180. The catalog description[1] noted, "TRANSYLVANIA: Gabriel Bethlen, 1613-1629, AR groschen (garas), 1628-NB, PCGS graded AU55." This type was struck 1626-29 with various mintmarks, This seems to be the most common date. Gabriel Bethlen (r. 1618-29), a Calvinist, used Ottoman support to resist Hapsburg encroachment. He was elected king of Hungary in 1620 but never managed to claim that country.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: 2.2 g, silver, 25 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-169, Huszár-430.

Sources:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Adolf Resch, Siebenburgische Münzen und Medaillen von 1538 bis Gegenwart. Hermannstadt, 1901 (reprinted in Montreal, 1965).
  • [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

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