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[[Image:Sincona90-2098.JPG|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 90, lot 2098]] | [[Image:Sincona90-2098.JPG|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 90, lot 2098]] | ||
| − | This specimen was lot 2098 in Sincona sale 90 ( | + | This specimen was lot 2098 in Sincona sale 90 (Zürich, May 2024), where it sold for 25 CHF (about US$33 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''UNGARN Siebenbürgen, Gabriel Bethlen, 1613-1629. Breiter Groschen 1626 NB, Nagybanya. Sehr schön.'' (Hungary, principality of [[Transylvania]], Gabriel Bethlen, 1613-29, "bright" groschen of 1626, Nagybánya mint. Very fine.)"</blockquote> Gabriel Bethlen, the prince, was a Calvinist who allied himself with the Ottomans against the Catholic Hapsburgs. This groschen was struck 1626-29 and was one thirtieth of a thaler. |
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ||
Revision as of 09:10, 11 June 2025
This specimen was lot 2098 in Sincona sale 90 (Zürich, May 2024), where it sold for 25 CHF (about US$33 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"UNGARN Siebenbürgen, Gabriel Bethlen, 1613-1629. Breiter Groschen 1626 NB, Nagybanya. Sehr schön. (Hungary, principality of Transylvania, Gabriel Bethlen, 1613-29, "bright" groschen of 1626, Nagybánya mint. Very fine.)"
Gabriel Bethlen, the prince, was a Calvinist who allied himself with the Ottomans against the Catholic Hapsburgs. This groschen was struck 1626-29 and was one thirtieth of a thaler.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 2.2 g, silver, 25 mm diameter, this specimen 2.22 g.
Catalog reference: KM 169, Resch 329.
- 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.
- Adolf Resch, Siebenburgische Münzen und Medaillen von 1538 bis Gegenwart. Hermannstadt, 1901 (reprinted in Montreal, 1965).
- [1]Richter, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 90, Münzen und Medaillen der Welt, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2024.
Links 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)
- Transylvania 1628-CC 1/2 thaler Kaschau mint, Gabriel Bethlen
- 1628-NB thaler, Gabriel Bethlen
- 1628-CC thaler, Kaschau mint
- Coins and currency dated 1626