Austria 1758 thaler Dav-1113

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Künker Auction 441, lot 4851

This specimen was lot 4851 in Künker sale 441 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €5,750 (about US$7,910 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Maria Theresia, 1740-1780. Konv.-Taler 1758, Wien. Ausbeute der St.-Anna-Fundgrube in Niederösterreich. Sehr selten, besonders in dieser Erhaltung. Feine Patina, Erstabschlag, winz. Kratzer, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. Aus der Sammlung Kommerzialrat Dr. Herbert Wenzel, Wien. (Holy Roman Empire, Maria Theresia, 1740-80, convention thaler of 1758, Vienna mint, for the St. Anne mine in lower Austria. Very rare in this quality, fine patina, first strike, hairlines, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"

This scarce type was struck 1758 and 1765 for the St. Anne mine in Lower Austria. Compared to the Brunswick states and Saxony, Austria issued few mining thalers.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 28.06 g, 0.833 fine silver, lettered edge, this specimen 28,04 g.

Catalog reference: KM 1823, Dav-1113; Eypeltauer 75; Müseler 15.1/15.

Sources:

  • 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.
  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Frühjahrs-Auktion 441: Orders and Decorations from the Estate of Wilhelm, Duke of Bavaria (1752–1837), among others | Coins and Medals from the Middle Ages and Modern times, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Norway, and Saxony, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.

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