Austrian Netherlands 1786(a) kronenthaler Dav-1284

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Künker sale 400, lot 385

This specimen was lot 385 in Künker sale 400 (Berlin, February 2024), where it sold for €4,800 (about US$6,227 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Josef II. 1765-1790. Kronentaler 1786, Brüssel. In US-Plastikholder der NGC mit der Bewertung MS 63 (Top Pop) (2125842-018). Sehr selten in dieser Erhaltung. Prachtexemplar. Fast Stempelglanz. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 263, Osnabrück 2015, Nr. 1543 und der Sammlung Annemarie und Gerd Köhlmoos, Auktion Sincona AG 76, Zürich 2022, Nr. 1478. (Holy Roman Empire, Joseph II, 1765-90, thaler of 1786, Brussels mint. Graded NGC MS63, very rare in this quality, choice example, about uncirculated.)"

This type was struck in 1781-90 during the reign of Joseph II, reforming son of Maria Theresia. It replaced the Maria Theresia's kronenthaler (Dav-1282) with a more conventional portrait type. This date was also struck at Vienna (mintmark "A", Dav-1170); the Vienna and Brussels issue are about equally common. The Austrians lost Belgium to Revolutionary France in 1797. After the fall of Napoleon in 1815, Belgium passed to the king of the Netherlands.

Recorded mintage: 1,386 (probably a misprint for 1,386,000).

Specification: 29.44 g, 0.873 fine silver, .810 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM 32; Dav-1284; J. 44 a.

Source:

  • 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]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 400: Selected löser of the Dukes of Guelph from the Friedrich Popken Collection | Numismatic treasures from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. "multiple portraits" from a Westphalian private collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

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