Transylvania 1626-NB groschen

Sincona sale 90, lot 2098

This specimen was lot 2098 in Sincona sale 90 (Zurich, 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: silver or billon, this specimen 2.22 g.

Catalog reference: KM 169, Resch 329.

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.
• 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:

• 1627-NB thaler, small crown
• 1627-NB thaler, large crown
• 1627-MC thaler
• 1627-MC double thaler
• 1627-MC double thaler klippe
• 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