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[[Image:Austria S34-04212.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 34, lot 4212]]

This specimen was lot 4212 in Sincona sale 34 (Zürich, October 2016), where it sold for 3,200 CHF (about US$3,799 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE - [[Austria|AUSTRIA]]. Ferdinand III. 1637-1657 Taler 1648. Prag Münzmeister Jakob W. Wolker. Sehr selten. Gutes sehr schön. Blau-graue Patina.'' (Holy Roman Empire, Ferdinand III, 1637-57, thaler of 1648, Prague mint, mintmaster Jakob W. Wolker. Very rare, Good very fine, blue gray patina.)"</blockquote> This type of 1641-49, 1653 and 1656 is among the more common thalers from Prague of the seventeenth century.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' silver, this specimen 28.91 g.

''Catalog reference:'' [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-3205]]; Dietiker 810. Donebauer 2381, KM 453 (listed under [[Bohemia]]).

''[[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>Jürg Richter, ''Münzen und Medaillen des Römisch-Deutsches Reiches, Auktion 34,'' Zürich: Sincona AG, 2016.

''Links to:''
* [[Bohemia 1644 thaler Dav-3210|1644 thaler, Prague mint]]
* [[Austria 1648-M thaler Dav-3190|1648-M thaler, Graz mint]]
* [[Bohemia 1645 2 ducats Fr-224|1645 double ducat, Prague mint]]
* [[Austria 1648 ducat Fr-235|1648 ducat, Vienna mint]]
* [[Silesia 1648-GH 2 ducats Fr-223|1648 double ducat, Breslau mint]]
* [[Austria 1648 2 ducats Fr-231|1648 double ducat, Vienna mint]]
* [[Austria 1648 5 ducats Fr-216|1648 5 ducats, Vienna mint]]
* [[Bohemia 1648 10 ducats Fr-213|1648 10 ducats, Prague mint]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1648]]

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