Augsburg 1745-T 1/4 thaler KM-154
This specimen was lot 4910 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €2,000 (about US$2,585 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"AUGSBURG, STADT, 1/4 Reichstaler 1745, mit Titel von Franz I. R Prachtexemplar. Ausdrucksvolle Patina, fast Stempelglanz. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 211, Osnabrück 2012, Nr. 2771. (city of Augsburg, quarter thaler of 1745, struck in the name of Francis I. Outstanding example, superb patina, about uncirculated.)"
City authorities issued two quarter thalers in 1745; this one, with the city view, and KM 155, with the city arms. Both are expensive.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 7,32 g.
Catalog reference: KM 154, Forster 559; Vetterle 1745.13.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 386: Brakteaten | Mainz | Bibliothek Prof. Dr. Niklot Klüßendorf | Mittelalter und Neuzeit | Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023.
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