Bavaria 1770-A thaler Dav-1954
This specimen was lot 3549 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €95 (about US$124 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BAYERN, HERZOGTUM, SEIT 1623 KURFÜRSTENTUM, SEIT 1806 KÖNIGREICH: Maximilian III. Joseph, 1745-1777. Konv.-Taler 1770, A, Amberg. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Vorzüglich. (Germany, electorate of Bavaria, Maximilian III Joseph, 1745-77, convention thaler of 1770, Amberg mint. Scarce in this quality, extremely fine.)"
This type was struck at Amberg 1763-77 along with Dav-1953 from Munich. It is perhaps the most common Bavarian thaler of the eighteenth century.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 28.06 g, 0.3833 fine silver, this specimen 28.03 g.
Catalog reference: KM 519.2, Dav-1954; Hahn 330.
- 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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