Transylvania 1628-CC 1/2 thaler

Künker sale 354, lot 6119

This specimen was lot 6119 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €3,400 (about US$4,732 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"UNGARN, SIEBENBÜRGEN, FÜRSTENTUM, Gabriel Bethlen, 1613-1629. 1/2 Reichstaler 1628, CC, Kaschau. In US-Plastikholder der NGC mit der Bewertung XF 40 (4327606-002). RR Feine Patina, sehr schön. (principality of Transylvania, Gabriel Bethlen, 1613-29, half thaler of 1628, Kaschau mint. Graded NGC EF-40, very rare, fine patina, very fine.)"

This type was also struck in 1629 with both dates rare. This is listed in the SCWC as a gulden (60 kreuzer) which, in this period, should weigh 5/6 of a thaler or about 24 grams.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 12.4-14.6 g, silver.

Catalog reference: KM 198 (listed as a gulden), Resch 487 (listed as a gulden).

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• Adolf Resch, Siebenburgische Münzen und Medaillen von 1538 bis Gegenwart. Hermannstadt, 1901 (reprinted in Montreal, 1965).
• ^[1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 354: Munzen und Medaillen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. Braunschweig-Luneburg. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.

Link to:

• Transylvania 1627-NB groschen, Gabriel Bethlen
• 1627-NB thaler, small crown
• 1627-NB thaler, large crown
• 1627-MC thaler
• 1627-MC double thaler
• 1627-MC double thaler klippe
• 1628-NB groschen (garas)
• 1628-NB thaler, Gabriel Bethlen
• 1628-CC thaler, Kaschau mint
• Nurnberg 1629 60 kreuzer KM-76
• 1629-NB thaler
• Coins and currency dated 1628