Riga 1645-HW thaler Dav-4594
This specimen was lot 1249 in Stack's Bowers sale of the L. E. Bruun Collection (Copenhagen, September 2024), where it sold for €40,800 (about US$45,215 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Appealing Swedish Livonian Riksdaler From Riga Featuring Kristina, SWEDEN. Swedish Livonia. Riga. Riksdaler, 1645/4. Riga Mint. Kristina. NGC MS-62. Mintmaster: Henrik Wulff (HW). The Taler emissions from Riga are all rarities, and finding one in anything above VF is an arduous task. The surfaces are rich with a lustrous eye appeal, and handsome toning besets the peripheries. A slight touch of friction accounts for the assigned grade, though this is not distracting in any major way. Clear evidence of reworking of the date is visible even without magnification, with the last digit providing a somewhat stylistically unsophisticated 5/4 hybrid. The numeric grade this specimen has been given puts it far above and beyond any rivals it might have. Ex: Countship of Brahesminde Collection (Private Sale - 1922). Ex: Leon Mikocki Collection (J. Bermann & Sohn, Vienna - 1850), Lot # 3479"
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 28.83 g.
Catalog reference: KM-33; Dav-4594; SB-47; Delzanno-343; Hagander-193; Bruun auction-1098; Bruun-11994.
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- 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.
- Delzanno, Roberto, Myntårsboken 2022, Sveriges Mynt 995-2021, 1:a upplagen, Stockholm, 2021.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio, Jeremy Bostwick and Henrik Holt Christensen, The L. E. Bruun Collection - A Corpus of Scandinavian Monetary History Part I, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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