View source for Alsace 1623 thaler Dav-3345

[[Image:Ensisheim 1623 thaler obv JElsen 117-1715.jpg|300px|thumb|Jean Elsen sale 117, lot 1715]]
[[Image:Ensisheim 1623 thaler rev JElsen 117-1715.jpg|300px|thumb]]
[[Image:Ensisheim 1477.jpg|550px|thumb|Ensisheim in upper Alsace. The political situation is of 1477, on the collapse of the Burgundians. Upper Alsace would be ruled by the Hapsburgs until 1648 when it passed to France.]]

This specimen was lot 1715 in Jean Elsen sale 117 (Brussels, June 2013), where it sold for €125 (about US$197 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SAINT EMPIRE, Léopold V, archiduc (1619-1632), AR Taler, 1623, Ensisheim. Au titre de landgrave d'Alsace. Droit: B. à droite. La date sous le buste. Revers: Ecu couronné. Léger défaut de flan sur la tranche. presque Très Beau.'' ([[Austria]], archduke Leopold V (1619-32), Ensisheim mint, in the name of the landgrave of Alsace. Obverse: bust to right, date below; reverse: crowned arms. Minor rim defect, about very fine.)"</blockquote> This type is mentioned by Davenport for 1621-24 and as common.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' silver, this specimen 28.65 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-3345]], Voglh-174/III, KM 257.1 (listed under Alsace). 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Craig, William D., ''[[Germany|Germanic]] Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II,'' Mountain View, CA: 1954. 
* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
* Davenport, John S., ''European Crowns, 1600-1700,'' Galesburg, IL, 1974. 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Elsen, Philippe, ''Vente Publique 117: Collection Jean-Jacques Symoens,'' Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses fils, S.A., 2013.

''Link to:''
* [[Alsace 1621 thaler Dav-3346|1621 thaler, Ensisheim mint]]
* [[Alsace 1622 thaler Dav-3347|1622 thaler, Ensisheim mint]]
* [[Bohemia 1623 thaler Dav-3143|1623 thaler, Kuttenberg mint]]
* [[Bohemia 1623 thaler Dav-3141|1623 thaler, Joachimsthal mint]]
* [[Austria 1623 48 kreuzer KM-407|1623 48 kipper kreuzer, Graz mint, decorated inner circle]]
* [[Austria 1623 150 kreuzer KM-422|1623 150 kipper kreuzer, Graz mint]]
* [[Austria 1623 thaler Dav-3330|1623 thaler, Hall mint]]
* [[Austria 1623 thaler Dav-3078|1623 thaler, Vienna mint]]
* [[Austria 1623 thaler Dav-3125|1623 thaler, Hall mint]]
* [[Alsace 1623 thaler Dav-3170|1623 thaler, Ensisheim mint]]
* [[Alsace 1624 thaler Dav-3345|1624 thaler, Ensisheim mint]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1623]]
* return to coins of [[Austria]]

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