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<p>Created page with &quot;<a href="/index.php/File:JE164-1636o.jpg" title="File:JE164-1636o.jpg">300px|thumb|Jean Elsen sale 164, lot 1636</a> <a href="/index.php/File:JE164-1636r.jpg" title="File:JE164-1636r.jpg">300px|thumb</a> This specimen was lot 1636 in Jean Elsen sale 164 (Brussels, March 2...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[Image:JE164-1636o.jpg|300px|thumb|Jean Elsen sale 164, lot 1636]]<br /> [[Image:JE164-1636r.jpg|300px|thumb]]<br /> <br /> This specimen was lot 1636 in Jean Elsen sale 164 (Brussels, March 2026), where it sold for €180 (about US$251 including buyer's fees). The catalog description&lt;sup&gt;[1]&lt;/sup&gt; noted, &lt;blockquote&gt;&quot;''SAINT EMPIRE, Ferdinand III (1637-1657), AR Taler, 1659 KB, Kremnitz. Type hongrois. Frappe posthume. D/ B. l. à d. R/ Aigle impériale couronnée, l'écu de Hongrie sur la poitrine. Trace de monture. Beau à Très Beau.'' ([[Austria|Holy Roman Empire]], Ferdinand III, 1637-57, silver thaler of 1659, Kremnitz mint, [[Hungary|Hungarian]] type, posthumous strike. Obverse: laureate bust right; reverse: crowned imperial eagle supports the arms of Hungary. Mount mark, Fine - Very Fine.)&quot;&lt;/blockquote&gt; The Kremnitz mint struck this type 1637-61. The mint also struck thalers ([[Hungary 1659-KB thaler Dav-3254|KM 148/Dav-3254]]) for Leopold I in 1659.<br /> <br /> ''Recorded mintage:'' 278,000 including KM 148.<br /> <br /> ''Specification:'' 0.875 fine silver, this specimen 28,13 g. <br /> <br /> ''Catalog reference:'' KM 107, Her. 491; Huszar 1244; [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-3198]]. <br /> <br /> ''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''<br /> * Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.<br /> * Davenport, John S., ''European Crowns, 1600-1700,'' Galesburg, IL, 1974. <br /> * &lt;sup&gt;[1]&lt;/sup&gt;Elsen, Philippe, et al., ''Vente Publique 164: Monnaies du duché de Brabant et du royaume de Belgique'', Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2026.<br /> <br /> ''Link to:''<br /> * [[Hungary 1658-KB thaler Dav-3198|1658 thaler]]<br /> * [[Hungary 1659-KB thaler Dav-3254|1659 thaler, Leopold I]]<br /> * [[Hungary 1660-KB thaler Dav-3254|1660 thaler]]<br /> * [[Coins and currency dated 1659]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Selections from Jean Elsen sale 164]][[Category: European crowns and thalers]]</div>

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