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[[Image:Murbach 1547.jpg|550px|thumb|Alsace and Strasbourg in 1547]]
 
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This specimen was lot 3541 in Sincona sale 51 (Zurich, October 2018), where it sold for 800 CHF (about US$965 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Strassburg/Strasbourg, Stadt, 1/2 Taler 1617. Auf die 100-Jahrfeier der Reformation. Vorzüglich. Hübsche Patina.'' ([[France]], city of Strasbourg, half thaler of 1617, on the centennial of the reformation. Extremely fine, Attractive patina.)"</blockquote> The SCWC lists a thaler ([[Strasbourg 1617 thaler Dav-5846|KM 312]]), double thaler (KM 348) and triple thaler (KM 357) but not a half thaler.
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This specimen was lot 3541 in Sincona sale 51 (Zürich, October 2018), where it sold for 800 CHF (about US$965 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Strassburg/Strasbourg, Stadt, 1/2 Taler 1617. Auf die 100-Jahrfeier der Reformation. Vorzüglich. Hübsche Patina.'' ([[France]], city of Strasbourg, half thaler of 1617, on the centennial of the reformation. Extremely fine, Attractive patina.)"</blockquote> The SCWC lists a thaler ([[Strasbourg 1617 thaler Dav-5846|KM 312]]), double thaler (KM 348) and triple thaler (KM 357) but not a half thaler.
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
 
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''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
 
''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
 
* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
 
* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Richter, Jurg, ''Sincona Auction 51: Gold and Silver Coins and Medals; Coins and Medals from Switzerland,'' Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2018.
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* <sup>[1]</sup>Richter, Jürg, ''Sincona Auction 51: Gold and Silver Coins and Medals; Coins and Medals from Switzerland,'' Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2018.
  
 
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* [[Strasbourg (1610) 1/2 thaler]]
 
* [[Strasbourg (1615-23) 12 kreuzer]]
 
* [[Strasbourg (1615-23) 12 kreuzer]]
 
* [[Strasbourg 1617 thaler Dav-5846B|1617 klippe thaler, centennial of the Reformation]]
 
* [[Strasbourg 1617 thaler Dav-5846B|1617 klippe thaler, centennial of the Reformation]]

Latest revision as of 13:29, 20 June 2025

Sincona sale 51, lot 3541
Alsace and Strasbourg in 1547

This specimen was lot 3541 in Sincona sale 51 (Zürich, October 2018), where it sold for 800 CHF (about US$965 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"Strassburg/Strasbourg, Stadt, 1/2 Taler 1617. Auf die 100-Jahrfeier der Reformation. Vorzüglich. Hübsche Patina. (France, city of Strasbourg, half thaler of 1617, on the centennial of the reformation. Extremely fine, Attractive patina.)"

The SCWC lists a thaler (KM 312), double thaler (KM 348) and triple thaler (KM 357) but not a half thaler.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 13.97 g.

Catalog reference: KM unlisted, Brozatus 697 var. Engel/ Lehr 610 vgl. Slg. Whiting 98 var.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • [1]Richter, Jürg, Sincona Auction 51: Gold and Silver Coins and Medals; Coins and Medals from Switzerland, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2018.

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