Windischgratz 1777 1/2 thaler
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This specimen was lot 4901 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabruck, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €750 (about US$982 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH. DIE ÖSTERREICHISCHEN STANDESHERREN, WINDISCHGRÄTZ. Josef Niklas, 1744-1802. 1/2 Konv.-Taler 1777, Wien. Hübsche Patina, vorzüglich/Stempelglanz. (Holy Roman Empire, counts of Windischgratz. Joseph Nicholas, 1744-1802, half thaler of 1777, Vienna mint. Fine patina, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
The count issued a twenty kreuzer and a ducat in 1777, as well as this half thaler.
Recorded mintage: unknown but rare.
Specification: 14.03 g, 0.833 fine silver, this specimen 14.01 g.
Catalog reference: KM 11, Holzmair 111.
- 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.
- [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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