Bohemia 1563 guldenthaler Dav-36

Künker sale 406, lot 4449

This specimen was lot 4449 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €2,200 (about US$2,887 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Ferdinand I. 1522-1558-1564. Guldentaler (60 Kreuzer) 1563, Kuttenberg. Hübsche Patina, sehr schön +. (Austria, Ferdinand I, 1558-64, guldenthaler of sixty kreuzer of 1563, Kuttenberg mint. Handsome patina, very fine or better.)"

This guldenthaler was one of several struck at Kuttenberg in the early 1560's (Ferdinand died in 1564). More were struck at Prague and Joachimsthal. The SCWC catalog numbers listed below are not matched to the mint. The guldenthaler would soon be shortened to gulden and its weight slide from five-sixths to about two-thirds of a thaler. Bohemia was not added to the Hapsburg dominions until 1526.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 24.57 g.

Catalog reference: KM MB141 or MB 152 or MB153, Dav-36; Dietiker 42; Halacka 73; Voglh. 60 II.

Source:

• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• Davenport, John S., Silver Gulden, 1559-1763, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1982.
• Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
• ^[1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

Link to:

• 1562 guldenthaler, Kuttenberg mint
• 1563 guldenthaler, Hall mint
• 1564 guldenthaler, Klagenfurt mint
• 1565 guldenthaler, Kuttenberg mint
• 1566 guldenthaler, Prague mint
• 1570 guldenthaler, Joachimsthal mint
• Coins and currency dated 1563