Brixen 1616 1/2 thaler

Künker sale 400, lot 403

bishopric of Brixen in 1786

This specimen was lot 403 in Künker sale 400 (Berlin, February 2024), where it sold for €1,900 (about US$2,465 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"DIE GEISTLICHKEIT IN DEN HABSBURGISCHEN ERBLANDEN, Erzherzog Karl von Österreich, 1613-1624. 1/2 Reichstaler 1616, Neisse. RR Leichte Bearbeitungsspuren, sehr schön. Exemplar Auktion Münchner Münzhandlung Karl Kreß 138, München 1967, Nr. 2154a, der Auktion Münzen und Medaillen AG, Basel 1970, Nr. 182 und der Auktion Adolph Hess AG 246, Luzern 1977, Nr. 1018. (Austrian states, bishopric of Brixen, archduke Charles of Austria, 1613-24, half thaler of 1616, Neisse mint. Very rare, lightly tooled, very fine.)"

Brizen lies in the Austrian Alps between Trent and Salzburg. The bishop issued very little coinage; the SCWC does not list any half thalers for this state.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 13.86 g.

Catalog reference: KM unlisted, F. u. S. 2600 (as a klippe); Gummerer in: Haller Münzblätter Band III, März 1982, 47.

Source:

• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• ^[1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 400: Selected löser of the Dukes of Guelph from the Friedrich Popken Collection | Numismatic treasures from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. "multiple portraits" from a Westphalian private collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

Link to:

• Brixen 1614 5 ducats Fr-519
• 1618 double thaler
• Coins and currency dated 1616