Trautson 1620 1/2 thaler

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Künker sale 335, lot 4894

This specimen was lot 4894 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabruck, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €420 (about US$550 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH. DIE ÖSTERREICHISCHEN STANDESHERREN, TRAUTSON, GRAFEN. Paul Sixtus von Falkenstein, 1598-1621. 1/2 Reichstaler 1620, Wien. Kl. Kratzer, sehr schön. (Holy Roman Empire, Paul Sixtus von Falkenstein, 1598-1621, half thaler of 1620, Vienna mint. Light scratches, very fine.)"

The count was given the mint right as a reward for his service to the emperor as governor of Tyrol. A double thaler and single thaler also exist. All issues from this locality are rare and expensive.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 14.25 g.

Catalog reference: KM-6, Holzmair S. 57/58.

Source:

  • 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.
  • 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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