Hesse-Cassel 1637-LH thaler Dav-6762

Jean Elsen sale 118, lot 1294

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.

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.

Link to:

• 1633-TS thaler, "God's Wrath"
• 1635-LH thaler, "God's Wrath"
• 1637-GK thaler
• 1637 1/8 thaler
• 1637-AG "willow" thaler
• 1637-GK thaler
• 1637-GK thaler
• 1637-LH thaler, "LH" above lion
• 1637-LH thaler
• Coins and currency dated 1637
• return to coins of German States, Hesse-Cassel