Bavaria 1738 thaler Dav-1942

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Künker sale 335, lot 3498

This specimen was lot 3498 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €8,500 (about US$11,123 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BAYERN, HERZOGTUM, SEIT 1623 KURFÜRSTENTUM, SEIT 1806 KÖNIGREICH: Karl Albert, 1726-1745. Taler 1738, München. C · A · D · G · V · B · & P · S · D · - C · P · R · S · R · I · A · & E · L · L · Geharnischtes Brustbild r. mit umgelegtem Mantel, Ordensband und der Kette des Ordens vom Goldenen Vlies//CLYPEUS OMNIBUS IN TE SPERANTIBUS · Madonna sitzt v. v. mit Zepter in der Linken, im rechten Arm hält sie das Kind, das die Rechte segnend erhebt und in der Linken einen Reichsapfel hält, im Vordergrund r. gekröntes, verziertes, bayerisches Wappen mit Mittelschild. RR Sehr attraktives Exemplar mit feiner Patina, vorzüglich +. (Germany, electorate of Bavaria, Charles Albert, 1726-45, thaler of 1738, Munich mint. Obverse: armored, mantled and sashed bust right; reverse: Madonna and Child enthroned, supporting the arms of Bavaria. Rare, very attractive example with fine paina, extremely fine or better.)"

Bavaria thalers for the first half of the eighteenth century, including this one, are scanty and rare. Not until the reign of Maxilian III Joseph do they appear in large numbers.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 29.46 g.

Catalog reference: KM 438, Dav-1942; Hahn 248.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1965.
  • [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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