View source for Silesia 1621 6 thaler

[[Image:Silesia Kunker 263-01354q00.jpg|500px|thumb|Künker sale 263, lot 1354]]
[[Image:Silesia 1648.JPG|550px|thumb|Silesia in 1648]]

This specimen was lot 1354 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €2,800 (about US$3,617 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''HERZOGTUM Die schlesischen Stände. Einseitige 6-Talerklippe 1621, Ohlau. Feine Patina, attraktives, sehr schönes Exemplar.'' ([[Germany]], duchy of Silesia, six thaler klippe, Ohlau mint. Toned, attractive very fine.)"</blockquote> This enigmatic piece is not listed in Davenport but is a siege issue. Tho denominated six thalers, it weighed less than one. A three thaler klippe ([[Silesia 1621 3 thaler|KM 24]]) and 3/4 thaler klippe ([[Silesia 1621 3/4 thaler|KM 18]]) are also reported.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but rare.

''Specification:'' silver, this specimen 23.85 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' Brause-Mansfeld Tf. 23, 4; F. u. S. 82 var., KM 27.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* <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.
* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014. 
* Korchnak, Lawrence C., ''Siege Coins of the World, 1453-1902,'' Lancaster, PA: Classical Numismatic Group, 2021.

''Link to:''
* [[Silesia-Liegnitz-Brieg 1621 thaler Dav-7718B|1621 klippe thaler, John Christian and George Rudolf]] 
* [[Silesia 1621-HR 30 kreuzer]] kipper
* [[Silesia 1621 3/4 thaler]] klippe, Glogau mint, siege coinage
* [[Silesia 1621 3 thaler]] uniface klippe, Glogau mint, siege issue
* [[Silesia-Liegnitz-Brieg 1622 thaler Dav-7724|1622 thaler, Georg Rudolf alone]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1621]]
* return to coins of [[German States, Silesia]]

[[Category:Silver thalers of Germany]][[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 263, 264]]