Bohemia 1600 thaler Dav-8079

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^[1] noted,

"HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE - 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.)"

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, Dav-8079; Dietiker 371. Donebauer 1597.

Source:

• Craig, William D., 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.
• ^[1]Jürg Richter, Münzen und Medaillen des Römisch-Deutsches Reiches, Auktion 34, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2016.

Links to:

• 1593 thaler, Kuttenberg mint
• 1599 thaler, Budweis mint
• 1602 thaler, Kuttenberg mint
• 1603 thaler, Hall mint
• 1603 thaler, Ensisheim mint
• 1603 thaler, Kuttenberg mint
• Coins and currency dated 1600