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Revision as of 07:51, 8 September 2025
This specimen was lot 41 in Künker Auction 423 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €480 (about US$680 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"HABSBURGISCHE ERBLANDE-ÖSTERREICH · RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Erzherzog Ferdinand, 1564-1595. Zehner 1571, Mühlau/Hall. Geharnischtes Hüftbild r. mit Erzherzogshut, mit der Rechten das Zepter schulternd, die Linke am Schwertgriff//Mehrfeldiges Wappen (Ungarn, Böhmen / Kastilien und León / Österreich und Burgund), mit Mittelschild (Tirol), darüber die Jahreszahl · I57I ·. R Vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 283, Frankfurt/Main 1973, Nr. 1809. (Holy Roman Empire, archduke Ferdinand, 1564-95, ten kreuzer of 1571, Hall mint. Obverse: capped and armored half-length bust right, holding a scepter and sword; reverse: manifold arms of Hungary, Bohemia, Castile, Leon, Austria and Burgundy with the escutcheon of Tyrol, date below. Rare, extremely fine.)"
This type was also struck at Hall 1566-67. Ten kreuzer was one fifth of a gulden or one sixth of a thaler.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.6 g, 0.931 fine silver, 27 mm diameter, this specimen 3,93 g.
Catalog reference: M./T. 195.
- 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.
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