Basel 1640 thaler Dav-4606

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Stack's Bowers 2015 NYINC sale, lot 1732
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This specimen was lot 1732 in Stacks-Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2015), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "SWITZERLAND. Basel. Taler, 1640. NGC AU-55. Beautifully toned with iridescent highlights." Basel struck numerous varieties of thalers (Dav-4606 thru -4611) in 1640, varying as follows:

  • Dav-4606: large arabesques framing the city arms; the cherub with wings up, down or furled;
  • Dav-4607: slimmer arabesques framing the city arms with a dot in front of "·MONETA";
  • Dav-4608: no arabesques around the city arms;
  • Dav-4609: slimmer arabesques with dots in the obverse legend instead of rosettes;
  • Dav-4610: arabesques tied up with ribbons and small rosettes in the obverse legend;
  • Dav-4611: city name spelled "BASILEESIS".

Since they are all worth about the same, most auction cataloguers don't bother to attribute them accurately Winterstein[2] lists W-78 thru W-103 for this issue, including some with arabesques on the eagle side, not mentioned in Davenport.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-4606; KM-B94.1; HMZ-2-78o; Divo-94.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
  • Richter, Juerg, and Ruedi Kunzmann, Neuer HMZ-Katalog, Band 2: Die Münzen der Schweiz und Liechtensteins 15//16. Jahrhundert bis Gegenwart, Regenstauf, Germany: H. Gietl Verlag GmbH, 2006.
  • [2]Winterstein, Christian, Die Taler Von Basel, Basel: Schweizerischer Bankverein Basel, 1983.
  • [1]Ponterio, Richard, The January 2015 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Featuring the John W. Adams and Ray Czabor Collections, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2014.

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