Transylvania 1650-NB thaler Dav-4747A

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Künker sale 293, lot 2309

This specimen was lot 2309 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €4,600 (about US$6,200 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"UNGARN, SIEBENBÜRGEN, FÜRSTEN, Georg Rakoczi II. 1648-1660. Reichstaler 1650, NB, Nagybánya. R Feine Tönung, fast vorzüglich. Exemplar der Slg. Bernhard Terletzki. (Hungary, principality of Transylvania, George Rakoczi II, 1648-60, thaler of 1650, Nagybánya mint. Scarce, fine toning,about extremely fine.)"

Like most coins of Transylvania, this type (struck 1650 along with seven other thalers) is rare and expensive. As Transylvania was never part of the Holy Roman Empire and was not at this point controlled by the Hapsburgs, we have not included it in the "silver thalers of Germany."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Resch 23, Dav-4747 A; KM-B281.

Sources:

  • 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.
  • Adolf Resch, Siebenburgische Münzen und Medaillen von 1538 bis Gegenwart. Hermannstadt, 1901 (reprinted in Montreal, 1965).
  • [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 293: Münzen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. die westfälischen Privatsammlungen Werner Bröker und Bernd Terletzki, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.

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