View source for Hungary 1658-KB 2 thaler Dav-3197

[[Image:K441-4766.jpg|750px|thumb|Künker Auction 441, lot 4766]]

This specimen was lot 4766 in Künker sale 441 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €26,000 (about US$35,768 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Ferdinand III., 1625-1637-1657. Doppelter Reichstaler 1658 KvB, Kremnitz. Posthume Prägung. · FERDINAND (Madonna mit Kind auf Mondsichel) III · D : G · RO · I · S · AVG · GER (Gekröntes ungarisches Wappen) HV · BOH · REX · Geharnischtes Brustbild r. mit Lorbeerkranz, Spitzenkragen, umgelegtem Mantel und einem Schmuckkollier, darunter an einem Band die Kette des Ordens vom Goldenen Vlies//ARCHIDVX · AVS · DVX · BVR · MAR · MOR · CO · TY · I658 Gekrönter Doppeladler mit Schwert und Zepter in den Fängen, auf der Brust gekröntes, vierfeldiges Wappen mit Mittelschild, umher die Kette des Ordens vom Goldenen Vlies, unten das geteilte Münzstättenzeichen K - v - B. Von großer Seltenheit. Hübsche Patina, fast vorzüglich. Aus der Sammlung Kommerzialrat Dr. Herbert Wenzel, Wien. Exemplar der Auktion Dorotheum Kunstabteilung 227, Wien 1959, Nr. 64.'' ([[Austria|Holy Roman Empire]], Ferdinand III, 1637-57, double thaler of 1658, Kremnitz mint, posthumous strike. Obverse: laureate, draped and armored bust right in lace collar and Order chain; reverse: crowned double headed eagle with sword and scepter in its talons supporting the crowned and quartered arms with escutcheon, Order chain around. Extremely rare, handsome patina, about extremely fine.)"</blockquote> The Kremnitz mint struck this double thaler 1641, 1644, 1650-55 and 1658. All dates are rare. This example realized twelve times the catalog value. Three, four and five thalers were also made. [[Hungary]] in 1658 was partitioned between the Austrians and the Turks and was not part of the Empire.

''Recorded mintage'': unknown.

''Specification'': 57.6 g, 0.875 fine silver, 45 mm diameter, this specimen 57,36 g.

''Catalog reference:'' KM 149, [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-3197]]; Herinek 362. 

''[[Bibliography|Sources:]]'' 
* 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, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, ''Frühjahrs-Auktion 441: Orders and Decorations from the Estate of Wilhelm, Duke of Bavaria (1752–1837), among others | Coins and Medals from the Middle Ages and Modern times, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Norway, and Saxony,'' Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.

''Links:''
* [[Hungary 1658-KB thaler Dav-3198|1658-KB thaler, Ferdinand III]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1658]]

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