Austria 1726 thaler Dav-1037

from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 74322

This specimen was lot 74322 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for $288. The catalog description^[1] noted, "AUSTRIA. Holy Roman Empire. Taler, 1726/5. Vienna Mint. Karl VI. PCGS Genuine--Cleaned, AU Details." The SCWC lists this type for 1720-35 and is among the more common thalers of emperor Charles VI. Similar coins were issued from Graz, Hall and Breslau.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 28.82 g, 0.875 fine silver, 42 mm diameter, lettered edge.

Catalog reference: Dav-1037; KM-1579.2.

Source:

• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

Links to:

• 1725 thaler, Hall mint, younger bust
• 1725 thaler, Hall mint, older bust
• 1726 pfennig, Vienna mint
• Dietrichstein 1726 thaler Dav-1186
• 1727 thaler, Hall mint
• 1727 thaler, Breslau mint
• 1735 thaler, Vienna mint
• Coins and currency dated 1726