Austria 1705 thaler Dav-1034
This specimen was lot 4740 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €4,600 (about US$6,020 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH. Josef I. 1705-1711. Reichstaler 1705, München, während der Reichsbesetzung im Spanischen Erbfolgekrieg. RR Hübsche Patina, fast vorzüglich. In der Schlacht bei Höchstädt 1704 wurde das bayerisch-französische Heer durch Prinz Eugen von Savoyen und den Herzog von Marlborough vollständig vernichtet. Maximilian Emanuel mußte Bayern verlassen und verlor seine Lande. Man verhängte die Reichsacht über ihn. Erst durch den Frieden von Baden 1714 wurden die Reichsacht und die damit verbundenen Sanktionen aufgehoben. In der Zeit des kurfürstlichen Exils ließen Josef I. und Karl VI. durch die kaiserliche Administration in München Münzen - wie das vorliegende Stück - prägen. (Holy Roman Empire, Joseph I, 1705-11, thaler of 1705, Munich mint under Austrian occupation during the War of the Spanish Succession. Rare, nice patina, about extremely fine. At the Battle of Höchstädt in 1704, the Bavarian-French army was completely destroyed by Prince Eugene of Savoy and the Duke of Marlborough. Maximilian Emanuel fled Bavaria and was placed under the Imperial ban. It was only through the Peace of Baden in 1714 that the ban and the associated sanctions were lifted. During the time of the electoral exile, Joseph I and Charles VI, through the imperial administration in Munich, struck coins of Austrian design.)"
This type and the closely related Dav-1033 were struck by the Austrians in Munich while they were in occupation of Bavaria. The elector was in exile in Liege, now in Belgium.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 29,05 g.
Catalog reference: KM 345, Dav-1034; Hahn 233; Voglh. 248 II.
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- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
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