Windischgratz 1732 thaler Dav-1202
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This specimen was lot 4900 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabruck, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €1,400 (about US$1,832 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH. DIE ÖSTERREICHISCHEN STANDESHERREN, WINDISCHGRÄTZ. Leopold Victor Johann, 1727-1746. Reichstaler 1732, Wien. R Herrliche Patina, kl. Kratzer, vorzüglich. (Holy Roman Empire, princes of Windischgratz. Leopold Victor Johann, 1727-46, thaler of 1732, Vienna mint. Minor scratches, extremely fine.)"
The prince also issued a ducat in 1732.
Recorded mintage: unknown but rare.
Specification: silver, this specimen 29.14 g.
Catalog reference: KM 5, Dav-1202; Holzmair 107.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
- [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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