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This specimen was lot 1294 in Jean Elsen sale 119 (Brussels, December 2013), where it sold for 90 euro (about US$146 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''ALLEMAGNE, HESSE-CASSEL, Wilhelm V (1627-1637), AR Taler (Weidenbaumtaler), 1637 LH, Droit: Lion couronné rampant à gauche, entre 16-37. A gauche, une étoile. Revers: Sous le nom de Jahvé rayonnant, un fagot de blé plié par le vent, devant cinq maisons. Griffes et défauts de flan. Très Beau.'' (Germany, Hesse-Cassel, William V (1627-37), silver thaler of 1637. Obverse: crowned lion rampant to left, dividing date; reverse: below the Name of the Lord, a sheaf of wheat bends before the wind before five houses. Scratches and planchet defects, very fine.)"</blockquote> Davenport lists 13 different thalers ([[Hesse-Cassel 1637-LH thaler Dav-6755|Dav-6755]], -6757, [[Hesse-Cassel 1637-LH thaler Dav-6759|-6759]], [[Hesse-Cassel 1637-GK thaler Dav-6760|-6760]], -6761, -6762, -6763, -A6764, [[Hesse-Cassel 1637 thaler Dav-6765A|-6765]], -6766, -6770, -6771, [[Hesse-Cassel 1637-GK thaler Dav-6772|-6772]], -6773, not counting double thalers) from Hesse-Cassel for 1637. This is one of the more common.
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This specimen was lot 1294 in Jean Elsen sale 119 (Brussels, December 2013), where it sold for 90 euro (about US$146 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''ALLEMAGNE, HESSE-CASSEL, Wilhelm V (1627-1637), AR Taler (Weidenbaumtaler), 1637 LH, Droit: Lion couronné rampant à gauche, entre 16-37. A gauche, une étoile. Revers: Sous le nom de Jahvé rayonnant, un fagot de blé plié par le vent, devant cinq maisons. Griffes et défauts de flan. Très Beau.'' ([[Germany]], Hesse-Cassel, William V (1627-37), silver thaler of 1637. Obverse: crowned lion rampant to left, dividing date; reverse: below the Name of the Lord, a sheaf of wheat bends before the wind before five houses. Scratches and planchet defects, very fine.)"</blockquote> Davenport lists 13 different thalers ([[Hesse-Cassel 1637-LH thaler Dav-6755|Dav-6755]], -6757, [[Hesse-Cassel 1637-LH thaler Dav-6759|Dav-6759]], [[Hesse-Cassel 1637-GK thaler Dav-6760|Dav-6760]], -6761, -6762, -6763, [[Hesse-Cassel 1637-GK thaler Dav-A6764|Dav-A6764]], [[Hesse-Cassel 1637 thaler Dav-6765A|Dav-6765]], -6766, -6770, -6771, [[Hesse-Cassel 1637-GK thaler Dav-6772|Dav-6772]], -6773, not counting double thalers) from Hesse-Cassel for 1637. This is one of the more common.
  
 
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* [[Hesse-Cassel 1633-TS thaler Dav-6749|1633-TS thaler]]
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* [[Hesse-Cassel 1633-TS thaler Dav-6749|1633-TS thaler, "God's Wrath"]]
* [[Hesse-Cassel 1637-GK thaler Dav-6760|1637-GK thaler]]
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* [[Hesse-Cassel 1635-LH thaler Dav-6751|1635-LH thaler, "God's Wrath"]]
 
* [[Hesse-Cassel 1637 1/8 thaler KM-134.2|1637 1/8 thaler]]
 
* [[Hesse-Cassel 1637 1/8 thaler KM-134.2|1637 1/8 thaler]]
* [[Hesse-Cassel 1637-AG thaler Dav-6763B|1637-AG "willow" thaler]]
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* [[Hesse-Cassel 1637-LH thaler Dav-6755|1637-LH thaler, "God's Wrath"]]
* [[Hesse-Cassel 1637 thaler Dav-6765A|1637-GK thaler]]
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* [[Hesse-Cassel 1637-LH thaler Dav-6759|1637-LH thaler, "God's Wrath", "LH" above lion]]
* [[Hesse-Cassel 1637-GK thaler Dav-6772|1637-GK thaler]]
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* [[Hesse-Cassel 1637-GK thaler Dav-6760|1637-GK thaler, "God's Wrath"]]
* [[Hesse-Cassel 1637-LH thaler Dav-6759|1637-LH thaler, "LH" above lion]]
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* [[Hesse-Cassel 1637-AG thaler Dav-6763B|1637-AG thaler, "God's Wrath"]]
* [[Hesse-Cassel 1637-LH thaler Dav-6755|1637-LH thaler]]
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* [[Hesse-Cassel 1637-GK thaler Dav-A6764|1637-GK thaler, "God's Wrath"]]
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* [[Hesse-Cassel 1637 thaler Dav-6765A|1637 thaler, death of the landgrave]]
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* [[Hesse-Cassel 1637-G thaler Dav-6766|1637-G thaler, death of the landgrave]]
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* [[Hesse-Cassel 1637-LH thaler Dav-6770|1637-LH thaler, "God's Wrath", "LH" in legend]]
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* [[Hesse-Cassel 1637-GK thaler Dav-6772|1637-GK thaler, death of the landgrave]]
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* [[Hesse-Cassel 1651 thaler Dav-6768|1651 thaler, on the death of the landgrave's mother]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1637]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1637]]
 
* return to coins of [[German States, Hesse-Cassel]]
 
* return to coins of [[German States, Hesse-Cassel]]
  
 
[[Category:Silver thalers of Germany]][[Category:Selections from Jean Elsen sale 118]]
 
[[Category:Silver thalers of Germany]][[Category:Selections from Jean Elsen sale 118]]

Latest revision as of 15:44, 18 December 2025

Jean Elsen sale 118, lot 1294
Hesse Cassel 1637 thaler rev JElsen 119-1294.jpg

This specimen was lot 1294 in Jean Elsen sale 119 (Brussels, December 2013), where it sold for 90 euro (about US$146 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"ALLEMAGNE, HESSE-CASSEL, Wilhelm V (1627-1637), AR Taler (Weidenbaumtaler), 1637 LH, Droit: Lion couronné rampant à gauche, entre 16-37. A gauche, une étoile. Revers: Sous le nom de Jahvé rayonnant, un fagot de blé plié par le vent, devant cinq maisons. Griffes et défauts de flan. Très Beau. (Germany, Hesse-Cassel, William V (1627-37), silver thaler of 1637. Obverse: crowned lion rampant to left, dividing date; reverse: below the Name of the Lord, a sheaf of wheat bends before the wind before five houses. Scratches and planchet defects, very fine.)"

Davenport lists 13 different thalers (Dav-6755, -6757, Dav-6759, Dav-6760, -6761, -6762, -6763, Dav-A6764, Dav-6765, -6766, -6770, -6771, Dav-6772, -6773, not counting double thalers) from Hesse-Cassel for 1637. This is one of the more common.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 27.92 g.

Catalog reference: Schütz, 897 var; Dav-6762; KM-162.5.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Davenport, John S., German Secular Talers, 1600-1700, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1976.
  • [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 118, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2013.

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