Austria 1863-A thaler Dav-21
This specimen was lot 2482 in Steve Album Auction 52 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $510. The catalog description[1] noted, "AUSTRIA: Franz Joseph I, 1848-1916, AR vereinsthaler, 1863-A, a lovely example with light peripheral toning! PCGS graded MS63, ex Almer H. Orr III Collection." This type was struck 1859-65 at Vienna (shown here), Kremnitz (mintmark "B"), Karlsburg ("E"), Milan ("M") and Venice ("V") in 1857-65. It is first vereinsthaler struck in Austria (18.52 g, 0.900 fine). After 1867, Bismarck forced Austria out of German affairs and the Hapsburgs thereafter had little reason to conform to German monetary conventions. The thaler was dropped after 1868 and in 1892 the corona was adopted.
Recorded mintage: 1,124,310, a common date.
Specification: 18.52 g, 0.900 fine silver, 33 mm diameter, lettered edge.
Catalog reference: Dav-21, KM-2244.
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- Herinek, Gerhard, Austria Münzkatalog: Munzen ab 1745 und Banknoten ab 1759, 49. Auflage, Vienna: Christine Steyrer Verlag, 2022.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Veselý, Roman, Mince a medaile, 19. století, František II ab Karel I, Prague: Aurea Numismatika, 2020.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Dustin Wagner, Auction 52, featuring the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection and the Almer H. Orr III Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.
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