View source for Austria 1589 thaler Dav-8127

[[Image:K406-4455.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 406, lot 4455]]

This specimen was lot 4455 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €750 (about US$984 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Erzherzog Karl, 1564-1590. Reichstaler 1589, Graz. RR Hübsche Patina, leichte Prägeschwäche, sehr schön-vorzüglich.'' ([[Austria]], archduke Charles, 1564-90, thaler of 1589, Graz mint. Very rare, handsome patina, slightly weakly struck, very fine to extremely fine.)"</blockquote> This date, 1589, seems to be the most common for the type but others are known from 1586 and 1587.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' silver, this specimen 28.71 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-8127]] var.; Voglh. 78 VIII var. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Craig, William D., ''[[Germany|Germanic]] Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II,'' Mountain View, CA: 1954. 
* Davenport, John S., ''European Crowns, 1484-1600,'' Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1977. 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, ''Katalog 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection,'' Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

''Link to:''
* [[Austria 1583 thaler Dav-8125|1583 thaler, Graz mint]]
* [[Bohemia 1589 ducat Fr-88|1589 ducat, Prague mint]]
* [[Bohemia 1590 thaler Dav-8105|1590 thaler, Prague mint, three emperors]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1589]]

[[Category: Selections from Kunker sale 403, 404, 405, 406]][[Category: Silver thalers of Germany]]