AUSTRIA, Falkenstein (county). Paul Sixtus von Trautson. 1598-1621. AR Taler (41mm, 28.39 g, 8h). Wien (Vienna) mint; Velt Prod and Abraham Riss, mint lessees. Dated 1620.

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AUSTRIA, Falkenstein (county). Paul Sixtus von Trautson. 1598-1621. AR Taler (41mm, 28.39 g, 8h). Wien (Vienna) mint; Velt Prod and Abraham Riss, mint lessees. Dated 1620. Mantled bust right, wearing collar / Crowned and collared coat-of-arms surmounted by crowned double-headed eagle. Friedenberg, Jewish p. 24-25; Davenport 3423; KM 8.3 (Trautson). Iridescent toning, small flan crack, mount marks. Good VF.

From the Dr. Jay M. Galst Collection. Ex Daniel M. Friedenberg Collection (Goldberg 25, 31 May 2004), lot 3166.

Jewish moneyers were among the most skilled European coiners of the medieval and early modern periods. Some of these skilled men were able to parlay their talents into prosperous official positions, particularly in Hapsburg Austria and the German states. Among these were Veldt Prod and Abraham Riss, known as court Jews (German: Hofjuden), who came to control the mint office of Falkenstein in 1615. They would deliver silver to the mint in Vienna, from which these coins were struck.

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