Austria 1772-IC SK 1/2 thaler

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Künker sale 335, lot 4781

This specimen was lot 4781 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €900 (about US$1,178 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH. Maria Theresia, 1740-1780. 1/2 Konv.-Taler 1772, IC-SK, Wien. Prachtexemplar. Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz/Stempelglanz. (Holy Roman Empire, Maria Theresia, 1740-80, half convention thaler of 1772, Vienna mint. Cabinet piece, extremely fine to uncirculated)"

Half thalers were minted in considerable numbers throughout Maria Theresia's long reign (KM 1797, 1815, 1821, 1822, 1846, 1848, 1864, 1867). This counts as a one year type because of a difference in the design of the brooch on her shoulder.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 14.03 g, 0.833 fine silver, this specimen 14.01 g.

Catalog reference: KM 1864, Eypeltauer 200 a.

Source:

  • 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.
  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • [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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