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[[Image:Austria S34-04095.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 34, lot 4095]]

This specimen was lot 4095 in Sincona sale 34 (Zürich, October 2016), where it sold for 650 CHF (about US$772 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE - [[Austria|AUSTRIA]]. Rudolf II. 1576-1612 Taler 1600. Kuttenberg Münzmeister Hans Spiess. Sehr schön, Dunkle Tönung.'' (Holy Roman Empire, Rudolf II, 1576-1612, thaler of 1600, Kuttenberg mint, mintmaster Hans Spiess. Very fine, dark toning.)"</blockquote> This particular type is a product of the Kuttenberg mint for 1578-1602. Davenport lists over 130 different thalers for Austria in the sixteenth century. 

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' silver, this specimen 29.12 g.

''Catalog reference:'' KM MB255, [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-8079]]; Dietiker 371. Donebauer 1597.

''[[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, 1484-1600,'' Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1977. 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Jürg Richter, ''Münzen und Medaillen des Römisch-Deutsches Reiches, Auktion 34,'' Zürich: Sincona AG, 2016.

''Links to:''
* [[Bohemia 1598 thaler Dav-8079|1598 thaler, Kuttenberg mint]]
* [[Bohemia 1599 thaler Dav-8081|1599 thaler, Budweis mint]]
* [[Bohemia 1602 thaler Dav-3023|1602 thaler, Kuttenberg mint]]
* [[Austria 1603 thaler Dav-3005|1603 thaler, Hall mint]]
* [[Alsace 1603 thaler Dav-3033|1603 thaler, Ensisheim mint]]
* [[Bohemia 1603 thaler Dav-3025|1603 thaler, Kuttenberg mint]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1600]]

[[Category:Selections from Sincona sale 31, 32, 33, 34, 35]][[Category:Silver thalers of Germany]]