Regensburg 1638 1/9 thaler
This specimen was lot 3140 in Künker sale 405 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €180 (about US$236 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DIE REICHSSTADT REGENSBURG. DIE ZEIT DES KAISERS FERDINAND III. 1/9 Reichstaler 1638, mit Titel Ferdinands III. Münzmeister Johann Putzer. RR Hübsche Patina, kl. Henkelspur, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (city of Regensburg, one ninth thaler of 1638, struck in the name of Ferdinand III. Very rare, handsome patina, small mount mark, very fine to extremely fine.)"
This type, worth ten kreuzer or one-sixth gulden, was struck 1638, 1641 and 1645-47.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 3,22 g.
Catalog reference: KM 86, Beckenbauer 6368; Slg. Bach (Auktion Künker 238) 4644.
- 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 405: Coins of the Bishopric and City of Regensburg - A significant special collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
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