Austria 1766-A thaler Dav-1114

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Künker sale 335, lot 4778

This specimen was lot 4778 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €800 (about US$1,047 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH. Maria Theresia, 1740-1780. Konv.-Taler 1766, A, Wien. Fast vorzüglich. (Holy Roman Empire, Maria Theresia, 1740-80, convention thaler of 1766, Vienna mint. About extremely fine.)"

This type was struck 1765-66 and is common.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 28.06 g, 0.833 fine silver, this specimen 28.02 g.

Catalog reference: KM 1839, Dav-1114; Eypeltauer 188.

Source:

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.

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