Bavaria 1768 thaler Dav-1951

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Künker sale 335, lot 3524

This specimen was lot 3524 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €460 (about US$602 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BAYERN, HERZOGTUM, SEIT 1623 KURFÜRSTENTUM, SEIT 1806 KÖNIGREICH: Maximilian III. Joseph, 1745-1777. Konv.-Taler 1768, München. RR Sehr schön/sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, electorate of Bavaria, Maximilian III Joseph, 1745-77, 1745-77, convention thaler of 1768, Munich mint. Rare, very fine to extremely fine.)"

This "arms reverse" thaler was struck simultaneously with a "Madonna reverse" thaler tho is much scarcer. Several varieties (Dav-1949, Dav-1950) exist.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 28.06 g, 0.3833 fine silver, this specimen 27.84 g.

Catalog reference: KM 502.3, Dav-1951; Hahn 309.

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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