Trautson (1620-21) 1/4 thaler
This specimen was lot 4895 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €1,600 (about US$2,094 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH. DIE ÖSTERREICHISCHEN STANDESHERREN, TRAUTSON, GRAFEN. Paul Sixtus von Falkenstein, 1598-1621. 1/4 Reichstaler o. J. Falkenstein. RR Kl. Graffito im Feld der Vorderseite, sehr schön. (Holy Roman Empire, counts of Trautson. Paul Sixtus von Falkenstein, 1598-1621, undated quarter thaler. Rare, graffiti on obverse, very fine.)"
The SCWC does not list any quarter thaler for this ruler. The count was given the mint right as a reward for his service to the emperor as governor of Tyrol. A double thaler, single thaler and half thaler also exist. All issues from this locality are rare and expensive.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 7.11 g.
Catalog reference: KM-unlisted, Holzmair S. 57/58; Slg. Horsky -; Slg. Morosini -; Slg. Hohenkubin -; Pavlícek/Schön - (vgl. 15, dort als 1/2 Taler).
- 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.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
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