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[[Image:K423-0037.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 423, lot 37]] | [[Image:K423-0037.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 423, lot 37]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Sincona 101-3155.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 101, lot 3155]] | ||
| − | + | The first specimen was lot 37 in Künker Auction 423 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €700 (about US$991 including buyers' fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''HABSBURGISCHE ERBLANDE-ÖSTERREICH · RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Erzherzog Ferdinand, 1564-1595. 1/2 Guldentaler (30 Kreuzer) 1566, Mühlau. Geharnischtes Hüftbild r. mit Erzherzogshut, mit der Rechten das Zepter schulternd, die Linke am Schwertgriff, unten in einem Kreis die Wetzel 30//Mehrfeldiges Wappen (Ungarn, Böhmen / Kastilien und León / Österreich und Burgund), mit Mittelschild (Tirol), oben und zu den Seiten große Verzierungen. RR Sehr schön. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 90, Osnabrück 2004, Nr. 6833.'' ([[Austria|Holy Roman Empire]], archduke Ferdinand, 1564-95, half guldenthaler or thirty kreuzer of 1566, Mühlau. Obverse: capped and armored half-length bust right, holding a scepter and sword, the value below; reverse: manifold arms of Hungary, Bohemia, Castile, Leon, Austria and Burgundy with the escutcheon of Tyrol and arabesques on the top and sides. Very rare, very fine.)"</blockquote> The second specimen was lot 3155 in Sincona Auction 101 (Zürich, October 2025), where it sold for 500 CHF (about US$754 including buyers' fees). The catalog description<sup>[2]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''RDR / ÖSTERREICH Erzherzog Ferdinand II. 1564-1595. 1/2 Guldentaler zu 30 Kreuzer 1566, Mühlau. Hüftbild mit jüngeren Gesichtszügen und Harnischverzierung mit Rauten. Walzenprägung. Sehr selten. Fast vorzüglich. Feine Patina.'' (Holy Roman Empire, archduke Ferdinand II, 1564-95, half guldenthaler of 1566, Mühlau mint. Obverse: armored half-length bust, breastplate decorated with diamonds. Rotated reverse, Very rare, About Extremely Fine, Nicely toned.)"</blockquote> At this time, the half gulden or thirty kreuzer was five-twelfths of a thaler. Altho Hall in Tyrol claims to be the site of the first mechanized mint, that honor seems to belong to Mühlau, now a suburb of Innsbruck, where an experimental mint was set up in 1566. It operated only briefly before being moved to Hall. | |
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ||
| − | ''Specification:'' 12.3 g, silver, | + | ''Specification:'' 12.3 g, silver, the first specimen 11,77 g, the second specimen 11.93 g. |
''Catalog reference:'' M./T. 170. | ''Catalog reference:'' M./T. 170. | ||
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* Heinz Moser and Heinz Tursky, ''Die Munzstatte Hall in Tirol,'' 2 vols. Innsbruck: Verlag Dr Rudolf Erhad, 1981. | * Heinz Moser and Heinz Tursky, ''Die Munzstatte Hall in Tirol,'' 2 vols. Innsbruck: Verlag Dr Rudolf Erhad, 1981. | ||
* <sup>[1]</sup>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. | * <sup>[1]</sup>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. | ||
| + | * <sup>[2]</sup>Richter, Jurg, ''SINCONA Auction 101: World Coins, Medals and Banknotes, Swiss Confederate Coins, Medals and Banknotes, Shooting Coins and Medals'', Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2025. | ||
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* [[Bohemia 1566 guldenthaler Dav-43|1566 guldenthaler, Joachimsthal mint]] | * [[Bohemia 1566 guldenthaler Dav-43|1566 guldenthaler, Joachimsthal mint]] | ||
* [[Bohemia 1566 guldenthaler Dav-46|1566 guldenthaler, Prague mint]] | * [[Bohemia 1566 guldenthaler Dav-46|1566 guldenthaler, Prague mint]] | ||
| − | * [[Austria 1567 guldenthaler Dav-53|1567 guldenthaler, | + | * [[Austria 1567 guldenthaler Dav-53|1567 guldenthaler, Mühlau mint, archduke Ferdinand]] |
* [[Bohemia 1568 guldenthaler Dav-43|1568 guldenthaler, Joachimsthal mint]] | * [[Bohemia 1568 guldenthaler Dav-43|1568 guldenthaler, Joachimsthal mint]] | ||
* [[Austria 1569 1/2 guldenthaler|1569 half guldenthaler, Hall mint]] | * [[Austria 1569 1/2 guldenthaler|1569 half guldenthaler, Hall mint]] | ||
* [[Coins and currency dated 1566]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1566]] | ||
| − | [[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 423, 424, 425]][[Category:Minor coinage of the German states]] | + | [[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 423, 424, 425, 426]][[Category:Minor coinage of the German states]][[Category:Selections from Sincona sale 99, 100, 101, 102]] |
Latest revision as of 11:02, 22 December 2025
The first specimen was lot 37 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, Erzherzog Ferdinand, 1564-1595. 1/2 Guldentaler (30 Kreuzer) 1566, Mühlau. Geharnischtes Hüftbild r. mit Erzherzogshut, mit der Rechten das Zepter schulternd, die Linke am Schwertgriff, unten in einem Kreis die Wetzel 30//Mehrfeldiges Wappen (Ungarn, Böhmen / Kastilien und León / Österreich und Burgund), mit Mittelschild (Tirol), oben und zu den Seiten große Verzierungen. RR Sehr schön. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 90, Osnabrück 2004, Nr. 6833. (Holy Roman Empire, archduke Ferdinand, 1564-95, half guldenthaler or thirty kreuzer of 1566, Mühlau. Obverse: capped and armored half-length bust right, holding a scepter and sword, the value below; reverse: manifold arms of Hungary, Bohemia, Castile, Leon, Austria and Burgundy with the escutcheon of Tyrol and arabesques on the top and sides. Very rare, very fine.)"
The second specimen was lot 3155 in Sincona Auction 101 (Zürich, October 2025), where it sold for 500 CHF (about US$754 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[2] noted,
"RDR / ÖSTERREICH Erzherzog Ferdinand II. 1564-1595. 1/2 Guldentaler zu 30 Kreuzer 1566, Mühlau. Hüftbild mit jüngeren Gesichtszügen und Harnischverzierung mit Rauten. Walzenprägung. Sehr selten. Fast vorzüglich. Feine Patina. (Holy Roman Empire, archduke Ferdinand II, 1564-95, half guldenthaler of 1566, Mühlau mint. Obverse: armored half-length bust, breastplate decorated with diamonds. Rotated reverse, Very rare, About Extremely Fine, Nicely toned.)"
At this time, the half gulden or thirty kreuzer was five-twelfths of a thaler. Altho Hall in Tyrol claims to be the site of the first mechanized mint, that honor seems to belong to Mühlau, now a suburb of Innsbruck, where an experimental mint was set up in 1566. It operated only briefly before being moved to Hall.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 12.3 g, silver, the first specimen 11,77 g, the second specimen 11.93 g.
Catalog reference: M./T. 170.
- 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.
- [2]Richter, Jurg, SINCONA Auction 101: World Coins, Medals and Banknotes, Swiss Confederate Coins, Medals and Banknotes, Shooting Coins and Medals, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2025.
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