Austria 1751-GR 1/2 thaler

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Künker sale 406, lot 4632

This specimen was lot 4632 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €480 (about US$630 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Franz I. 1745-1765. 1/2 Reichstaler 1751, Graz. In US-Plastikholder der NGC mit der Bewertung UNC Details cleaned (6643585-014). R Hübsche Patina, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Austria, Francis I, 1745-65, half thaler of 1751, Graz mint. Graded NGC Unc Details, rare, handsome patina, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"

Half thalers for 1751 include KM 1741 (Maria Theresia), KM 1797 (Maria Theresia) and KM 2036 (Francis I, mintmarks KB, WI, GR). This one was struck 1751-65 at Graz, Vienna and Kremnitz and is fairly common.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 14.03 g, 0.833 fine silver, this specimen 13.98 g.

Catalog reference: KM 2036, Eypeltauer 634; Herinek 192.

Source:

  • 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, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

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