Bohemia 1695-GE 1/2 thaler

Sincona sale 76, lot 1432

This specimen was lot 1432 in Sincona sale 76 (Zurich, May 2022), where it sold for 9,000 CHF (about US$10,924 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE - AUSTRIA. Leopold I. 1657-1705. 1/2 Taler 1695, Prag. Mit der Signatur GE (Gregor Egerer, Münzmeister in Prag, 1694-1710). Sehr selten, besonders in dieser Erhaltung. FDC. NGC MS65. Prachtexemplar mit feinem Prägeglanz. (Austria, Leopold I, 1657-1705, half thaler of 1695, Prague mint, with mintmaster's initials "GE". Very rare, especially in this condition, Uncirculated, Cabinet piece with nice mint luster.)"

This one year type is scarce; it lacks a photogragh in the SCWC. The production of the Prague mint dwindled greatly after the devastation of the Thirty Years War.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 14.25 g.

Catalog reference: KM 609 (listed under Bohemia, Dietiker 896. Herinek 803.

Sources:

• 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]Richter, Jurg, SINCONA Auction 76, The Annemarie and Gerd Köhlmoos Collection, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2022.

Link to:

• 1695-CK thaler, Kuttenberg mint
• 1695-GE thaler, Prague mint
• 1695 thaler, Vienna mint
• 1695 thaler, Hall mint
• 1695 thaler, Brieg mint
• 1695 thaler, Breslau mint
• Bohemia 1696-GE 3 kreuzer Prague mint
• 1696-GE thaler, Prague mint
• Coins and currency dated 1695