Trautson 1618 2 thaler Dav-3421
This specimen was lot 4891 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabruck, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €3,200 (about US$4,188 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH. DIE ÖSTERREICHISCHEN STANDESHERREN, TRAUTSON, GRAFEN. Paul Sixtus von Falkenstein, 1598-1621. Doppelter Reichstaler 1618, Falkenstein. Von großer Seltenheit. Dunkle Patina, fast sehr schön. (Holy Roman Empire, counts of Trautson. Paul Sixtus von Falkenstein, 1598-1621, double thaler of 1618, Falkenstein mint. Very rare, dark toning, about very fine.)"
The count was given the mint right as a reward for his service to the emperor as governor of Tyrol. A single thaler (Dav-3422) also exists. All issues from this locality are rare and expensive.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 56.84 g.
Catalog reference: KM 11.2, Dav-3421; Holzmair S. 57/58.
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- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
- [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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