Austria (1546-50) 1/4 thaler

Künker sale 423, lot 26

This specimen was lot 26 in Künker Auction 423 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €700 (about US$991 including buyers' fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"HABSBURGISCHE ERBLANDE-ÖSTERREICH · RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Ferdinand I., 1522-1558-1564. 1/4 Taler o. J. (1546-1550), Hall. Gekröntes und geharnischtes Brustbild l., mit der Linken das Zepter schulternd, die Rechte am Schwertgriff//Adler, den Kopf nach l. gewandt, auf der Brust zweifeldiges Wappen (Kastilien/Österreich). RR Sehr schön +. Exemplar der Auktion H. D. Rauch 79, Wien 2006, Nr. 97. (Holy Roman Empire, Ferdinand I, 1522-1558-1564, undated quarter thaler, circa 1546-50, Hall mint. Obverse: crowned and armored half-length bust left, with Order chain, scepter and sword; reverse: eagle, head left, supporting the impaled arms of Castile and Austria. Very rare, choice very fine.)"

We show an earlier quarter thaler from the Vienna mint which has different arms on the eagle.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.9-7.2 g, silver, 30 mm diameter, this specimen 7,07 g.

Catalog reference: Markl 1629; M./T. 118.

Source:

• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• Heinz Moser and Heinz Tursky, Die Munzstatte Hall in Tirol, 2 vols. Innsbruck: Verlag Dr Rudolf Erhad, 1981.
• ^[1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 423: Coins and medals from Tyrol - The collection of Dipl.-Ing. Hermann Wohnlich., Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

Link to:

• Austria (1531-48) 1/4 thaler, Vienna mint
• Austria (1531-48) 1/2 thaler, Vienna mint
• Austria (1546-50) 1/2 thaler, Hall mint
• 1546 ducat, Linz mint
• 1557 half thaler, Hall mint, Ferdinand I
• 1559 quarter thaler, Kuttenberg mint
• Coins and currency dated 1546