Austria 1762 thaler Dav-1112

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Steve Album sale 54, lot 757

This specimen was lot 757 in Steve Album Auction 54 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2026), where it sold for $264. The catalog description[1] noted, "AUSTRIA: Maria Theresa, 1740-1780, AR thaler, 1762, cleaned, light adjustment marks, some luster, XF." This type was struck at the Vienna mint 1754-65 and is common. It is struck to the convention standard. After the death of emperor Francis I in 1765, all portraits of Maria Theresia show her wearing a widow's veil.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 28.06 g, 0.833 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-1817, Dav-1112.

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.
  • 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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 54, featuring selections from the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.

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