Bohemia 1630 1/2 thaler
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This specimen was lot 4496 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabruck, March 2024), where it sold for €1,500 (about US$1,968 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Ferdinand II. 1592-1618-1637. 1/2 Reichstaler 1630, Prag. Münzmeister Benedikt Huebmer. R Hübsche Patina, sehr schön. (Austria, Ferdinand II, 1618-37, half thaler of 1630, Prague mint. Rare, handsome patina, very fine.)"
This type was struck at Prague 1623-37 and at Kuttenberg (KM 349) and Joachimsthal (KM 350).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 14.42 g.
Catalog reference: KM 347 (listed under Bohemia), Dietiker 687; Halacka 751.
- 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 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
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