Transylvania 1716 1/2 thaler

Künker sale 406, lot 4606

This specimen was lot 4606 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabruck, March 2024), where it sold for €550 (about US$722 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Karl VI. 1711-1740. 1/2 Reichstaler 1716, Siebenbürgen. RR Hübsche Patina, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Austria, Charles VI, 1711-40, half thaler of 1716, for Transylvania. Handsome patina, very fine to extremely fine.)"

By 1716, the Hapsburgs had evicted the Turks and the native dynasty from Transylvania and were firmly in control for the next two centuries. This type was struck 1716-20 and is expensive.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 14.25 g.

Catalog reference: KM 533, Herinek 560.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• Adolf Resch, Siebenburgische Münzen und Medaillen von 1538 bis Gegenwart. Hermannstadt, 1901 (reprinted in Montreal, 1965).
• ^[1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

Link to:

• 1715 thaler, circle around bust
• 1715 thaler, no circle
• 1716 half thaler, Kuttenberg mint, for the mines
• 1716 thaler, Vienna mint
• 1716 thaler, Hall mint
• 1717 half thaler, Kuttenberg mint, for the mines
• 1717 thaler, Vienna mint
• Transylvania 1721 1/2 thaler KM-571
• Coins and currency dated 1716