Hungary 1717-KB 1/2 thaler

Steve Album Auction 52, lot 953

This specimen was lot 953 in Steve Album Auction 52 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $360. The catalog description^[1] noted, "HUNGARY: Karl VI, 1711-1740, AR 1/2 thaler, 1717-KB, some luster, slightly dished from roller dies, VF-XF, ex Almer H. Orr III Collection." This type was struck 1712-18. The mintage is unknown but it is priced very reasonably in the SCWC.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 14.16 g, silver, 34 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-287, Herinek-534.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Dustin Wagner, Auction 52, featuring the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection and the Almer H. Orr III Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.

Link to:

• 1716-KB half thaler
• 1717-CH PW thaler
• 1722-KB half thaler
• Coins and currency dated 1717