View source for Austria 1657 thaler Dav-A3184

[[Image:Austria Kunker 263-01496.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 263, lot 1496]]
[[Image:SB820-22340o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers 2020 ANA sale, lot 22340]]
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The first specimen was lot 1496 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €1,800 (about US$2,325 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Ferdinand III. 1625-1637-1657. Reichstaler 1657, Wien. Sehr attraktives Exemplar mit herrlicher Patina, vorzüglich +.'' (Holy Roman Empire, Ferdinand III, 1637-57, thaler of 1657, Vienna mint. Very attractive with toning, choice extremely fine.)"</blockquote> The second specimen was lot 22340 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Las Vegas, August 2020), where it sold for $1,080. The catalog description<sup>[2]</sup> noted, "[[Austria|AUSTRIA]]. Taler, 1657. Vienna Mint. Ferdinand III. NGC AU-55. A well struck and fully detailed Taler with even, gray toning throughout. From the Habsburg Collection." This type is listed for 1657 only yet is not rare. It bears the privy mark of mintmaster Johann Conrad Richthausen. Many similar types were minted in the 1650's, such as [[Austria 1655 thaler Dav-3183|Dav-3183]].

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' silver.

''Catalog reference:'' [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-A3184]]; KM-1004. 

''[[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>Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 263, ''The Friedrich Popken collection of gold and silver coinages | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the collection of Ernst Otto Horn, part III,'' Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015. 
* <sup>[2]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, ''The August 2020 ANA Auction: World Coins, featuring the Duke of Lansing Collection,'' Santa Ana, CA: [http://www.stacksbowers.com Stack's Bowers LLC], 2020.

''Links to:''
* [[Austria 1655 thaler Dav-3183|1655 thaler, Vienna mint]]
* [[Austria 1657-HCK thaler Dav-3191|1657 thaler, Graz mint]]
* [[Austria 1657 ducat Fr-224a|1657 ducat, Ferdinand III]]
* [[Bohemia 1657 2 ducats Fr-46j|1657 double ducat, Prague mint]]
* [[Austria 1658 thaler Dav-3223|1658 thaler, Vienna mint]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1657]]
* return to coins of [[Austria]]

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