Austria 1750-GR 1/2 thaler
This specimen was lot 1634 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €170 (about US$229 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Franz I. 1745-1765. 1/2 Reichstaler 1750, GR, Graz. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. Exemplar der Slg. Bernhard Terletzki. Exemplar der Auktion Heidelberger Münzhandlung, Herbert Grün 25, Heidelberg 1999, Nr. 803. (Holy Roman Empire, Francis I, 1745-65, half thaler of 1750, Graz mint. Very fine to extremely fine.)"
This type was struck 1746-50 at Graz (shown here), Vienna and Kremnitz. In 1751, the weight was reduced to the convention thaler standard (KM 2036, 14.03 g) and struck in that form 1751-65 at the above mints plus Hall and Karlsburg. While this type is not rare, it is scarcer than the half convention thaler.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 14.41 g, 0.875 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM 2035, Herinek 191.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Herinek, Gerhard, Austria Münzkatalog: Munzen ab 1745 und Banknoten ab 1759, 49. Auflage, Vienna: Christine Steyrer Verlag, 2022.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 293: Münzen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. die westfälischen Privatsammlungen Werner Bröker und Bernd Terletzki, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.
Links to:
- 1747-WI half thaler, Vienna mint
- 1748-KB 15 kreuzer, Kremnitz mint
- 1750 thaler, Maria Theresia, Hall mint
- 1750 ducat, Maria Theresia, Hall mint
- 1751-GR half thaler, Graz mint
- 1751 thaler, Hall mint, Maria Theresia
- 1751 thaler, Hall mint, Francis I
- 1751 mining ducat
- Salzburg 1752 1/2 thaler
- return to coinage of Austria
- Coins and currency dated 1750