Transylvania 1656-NB thaler Dav-4751
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This specimen was lot 5446 in Goldberg sale 69 (Los Angeles, May, 2012), where it sold for $4,370. The catalog description [2] noted, "Transylvania. Taler, 1656-NB. Georg Rakoczi II, 1648-1660. Bust right with cap and sword. Reverse: Crowned arms. NGC graded AU-55." Like most coins of Transylvania, this type (struck 1651-56) 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: Dav-4751; KM-286.
- 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).
- [2]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, Stephen Harvey and Paul Rynearson, Goldberg sale 69: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Ancient and World Coins, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2012.
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