Bruun Rasmussen
Auction 913 25 Apr 2023
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George II, Rákóczi, 1648-1660
George (György) II, Rákóczi, 1648-1660, 2 Talers 1659 NB, Frauenbach (Nagybánya, Baia Mare), Resch 140, Dav. A4755, Montenuovo 910 (R4), 55.31 g - a beautifully toned and wonderfully preserved example of this excessively rare Double-Taler
In the final years of Georg Rákóczi's reign he was in constant confrontations with the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire and the year after the present spectacular coin was minted he died while fighting the Battle of Szászfenes.
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Provenance:
Valerius Ragoczy (1869-1958)
Transylvania
George II, Rákóczi, 1648-1660
George (György) II, Rákóczi, 1648-1660, 2 Talers 1659 NB, Frauenbach (Nagybánya, Baia Mare), Resch 140, Dav. A4755, Montenuovo 910 (R4), 55.31 g - a beautifully toned and wonderfully preserved example of this excessively rare Double-Taler
In the final years of Georg Rákóczi's reign he was in constant confrontations with the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire and the year after the present spectacular coin was minted he died while fighting the Battle of Szászfenes.
EF
Provenance:
Valerius Ragoczy (1869-1958)