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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, -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. | + | 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. |
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ||
Revision as of 09:28, 29 April 2022
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, -6759, -6760, -6761, -6762, -6763, -A6764, -6765, -6766, -6770, -6771, -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.
- 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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