Austria 1567 guldenthaler Dav-52
This specimen was lot 3156 in Sincona Auction 101 (Zürich, October 2025), where it sold for 200 CHF (about US$302 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"RDR / ÖSTERREICH Erzherzog Ferdinand II. 1564-1595. Guldentaler zu 60 Kreuzer 1567, Hall. Hüftbild mit älteren Gesichtszügen und Harnischverzierung mit parallelen horizontalen Platten. Walzenprägung. Seltener Jahrgang. Fast vorzüglich. Wertzahl im Avers getilgt. (Holy Roman Empire, archduke Ferdinand II, 1564-95, guldenthaler of 1567, Hall mint. Obverse: armored half-length bust with breastplate decorated with horizontal ridges. Rotated reverse, Rare date, About Extremely Fine, Denomination cancelled on obverse.)"
Altho Hall in Tyrol claims to be the site of the first mechanized mint, that honor seems to belong to Mühlau, now a suburb of Innsbruck, where an experimental mint was set up in 1566. It operated only briefly before being moved to Hall. The guldenthaler was five-sixths of a thaler, later to slip to two-thirds.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 24.48 g.
Catalog reference: Moser/Tursky 197, Voglhuber 90/IV, Dav-52.
- 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]Richter, Jurg, SINCONA Auction 101: World Coins, Medals and Banknotes, Swiss Confederate Coins, Medals and Banknotes, Shooting Coins and Medals, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2025.
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