Austria 1792-A 1/2 thaler

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Künker Auction 441, lot 4905

This specimen was lot 4905 in Künker sale 441 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €1,600 (about US$2,201 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Leopold II., 1790-1792. 1/2 Konv.-Taler 1792 A, Wien. RR Feine Tönung, sehr schön-vorzüglich/vorzüglich. Aus der Sammlung Kommerzialrat Dr. Herbert Wenzel, Wien. (Holy Roman Empire, half convention thaler of 1792, Vienna mint. Very rare, fine toning, very fine to extremely fine.)"

This type was struck 1790 and 1792.

Recorded mintage: unknown but scarce.

Specification: 14.03 g, 0.833 fine silver, 35 mm diameter, this specimen 14,02 g.

Catalog reference: KM 2098, J. 80.

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.
  • [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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