Hungary 1691-KB 1/2 thaler

from Stack's Bowers May 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 72513

This specimen was lot 72513 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2023), where it sold for $312. The catalog description^[1] noted, "HUNGARY. 1/2 Taler, 1691/0-KB. Kremnica Mint. Leopold I. PCGS EF-40. This lovely 1/2 Taler offers well-struck detail and is pleasingly free from cleaning or excessive wear. Toned to an elegant pewter gray, its surfaces offer lovely originality and eye appeal. The overdate is quite clearly displayed on the reverse." This type was struck 1690-99. This is the only overdate shown in the SCWC but there are likely others. Hungary in 1691 had been freshly reconquered by the Austrians from the Turks but was not part of the Empire.

Recorded mintage: unknown but common.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-220.

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the David Sterling Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

Link to:

• Austria 1654-Hall 1/2 thaler
• 1691 thaler
• 1694-KB half thaler
• 1695 quarter thaler
• 1695-NB 5 ducats
• 1696-NB quarter ducat
• Coins and currency dated 1691