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Latest revision as of 10:47, 2 September 2025
This specimen was lot 25 in Künker Auction 423 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €1,700 (about US$2,407 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"HABSBURGISCHE ERBLANDE-ÖSTERREICH · RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Ferdinand I., 1522-1558-1564. 1/2 Taler o. J. (1546-1550), Hall. Brustbild mit umgehängter Vlieskette. 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 Min. Schrötlingsriß, sonst vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion UBS 46, Basel 1999, Nr. 1094. (Holy Roman Empire, Ferdinand I, 1522-1558-1564, undated half 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. Planchet cracks, otherwise extremely fine.)"
We show an earlier half thaler from the Vienna mint which has different arms on the eagle.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 14.2 g, silver, 35 mm diameter, this specimen 14,45 g.
Catalog reference: Markl 1627; M./T. 116.
- 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, 2025.
Link to:
- Austria (1531-48) 1/2 thaler Vienna mint
- Austria (1546-50) 1/4 thaler Hall mint
- 1546 ducat, Linz mint
- 1557 half thaler, Hall mint, Ferdinand I
- (1580-95) quarter thaler, Hall mint
- Austria (1577-95) 1/2 thaler Hall mint, archduke Ferdinand
- Coins and currency dated 1546