Baden 1865 thaler Dav-531
This specimen was lot 5299 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €1,300 (about US$1,809 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BADEN, BADEN-DURLACH, MARKGRAFSCHAFT, SEIT 1806 Grossherzogtum, Friedrich I. 1852-1856-1907. Vereinstaler 1865. Sehr seltener Jahrgang. Fast Stempelglanz. (Germany, grand duchy of Baden, Frederick I, 1852-1907, union thaler of 1865. Very rare date, about uncirculated.)"
This is a scarce date of a type struck 1865-71. The prior type (KM 240) had the duke facing right and without a beard.
Recorded mintage: 265,150 (including KM 240).
Specification: 18.52 g, 0.900 fine silver, this specimen 18.47 g.
Catalog reference: KM 245, AKS 124; Dav-531; Kahnt 37; Thun 31.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 354: Munzen und Medaillen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. Braunschweig-Luneburg. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.
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