Austria 1567 guldenthaler Dav-53

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Künker sale 423, lot 36

This specimen was lot 36 in Künker Auction 423 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €3,800 (about US$5,381 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"HABSBURGISCHE ERBLANDE-ÖSTERREICH · RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Erzherzog Ferdinand, 1564-1595. Guldentaler (60 Kreuzer) 1567, Mühlau. Geprägt zur Huldigung in Hall. Geharnischtes Hüftbild r. mit Erzherzogshut, mit der Rechten das Zepter schulternd, die Linke am Schwertgriff, unten die Wertzahl 60//Gekrönter Tiroler Adler, oben Ehrenkranz mit der Jahreszahl I567. Von großer Seltenheit. Sehr schön/vorzüglich. Exemplar der Auktion Lanz 122, München 2004, Nr. 122 (Holy Roman Empire, archduke Ferdinand, 1564-95, guldenthaler or sixty kreuzer of 1567, Mühlau. Minted for the homage of Hall. Obverse: capped and armored half-length bust right, holding a scepter and sword, the value below; reverse: crowned Tyrolean eagle with date in wreath above. Extremely rare, very fine to extremely fine.)"

At this time, the gulden or sixty kreuzer was five-sixths of a thaler.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 24.6 g, silver, this specimen 23,53 g.

Catalog reference: Dav-53; M./T. 173; Voglh. 90 IV.

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • Davenport, John S., Silver Gulden, 1559-1763, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1982.
  • Heinz Moser and Heinz Tursky, Die Munzstatte Hall in Tirol, 2 vols. Innsbruck: Verlag Dr Rudolf Erhad, 1981.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 423: Coins and medals from Tyrol - The collection of Dipl.-Ing. Hermann Wohnlich., Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.

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