View source for Austria 1621-Hall thaler Dav-3330

[[Image:Austria 1621 thaler obv JElsen 117-1714.jpg|300px|thumb|Jean Elsen sale 117, lot 1714]]
[[Image:Austria 1621 thaler rev JElsen 117-1714.jpg|300px|thumb]]

This specimen was lot 1714 in Jean Elsen sale 117 (Brussels, June 2013), where it sold for €160 (about US$252 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SAINT EMPIRE, Léopold V, archiduc (1619-1632), AR Taler, 1621, Hall. Pour le Tyrol. Droit: B. à droite, en habit d'évêque de Strasbourg, accosté de la date. Revers: Ecu couronné. Griffe au revers. Petits coups sur la tranche. Très Beau.'' (Austria, archduke Leopold V (1619-32), silver thaler of 1621, Hall mint, for Tyrol. Obverse: bust to right, in the robes of the bishop of Strasbourg, dividing date; reverse: crowned arms. Rim nick on reverse, very fine.)"</blockquote> This type was struck 1620-25 in numerous varieties (Dav-3328, -3329, -3329V, -3330, -3330V). 

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' silver, this specimen 28.41 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' KM 264.5, [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-3330]], M.T-422; Voglh-175/II. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
* Craig, William D., ''[[Germany|Germanic]] Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II,'' Mountain View, CA: 1954. 
* Davenport, John S., ''European Crowns, 1600-1700,'' Galesburg, IL, 1974. 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Elsen, Philippe, ''Vente Publique 117: Collection Jean-Jacques Symoens,'' Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses fils, S.A., 2013.

''Link to:''
* [[Austria 1621-Vienna thaler Dav-3076|1621 thaler, Vienna mint]]
* [[Alsace 1621 thaler Dav-3168|1621 thaler, Ensisheim mint, date right of bust]]
* [[Alsace 1621 thaler Dav-3169|1621 thaler, Ensisheim mint, date left of bust]]
* [[Alsace 1621 thaler Dav-3346|1621 thaler, Ensisheim mint, Archduke Leopold as Bishop of Strassburg]]
* [[Austria 1621-Graz thaler Dav-3100|1621 thaler, Graz mint]]
* [[Austria 1621-Hall thaler Dav-A3125|1621 thaler, Hall mint]]
* [[Austria 1621-Klagenfurt thaler Dav-3115|1621 thaler, Klagenfurt mint]]
* [[Austria 1623-Hall thaler Dav-3330]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1621]]
* return to coins of [[Austria]]

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