Bavaria 1770 1/2 thaler
This specimen was lot 3532 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €380 (about US$497 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BAYERN, HERZOGTUM, SEIT 1623 KURFÜRSTENTUM, SEIT 1806 KÖNIGREICH: Maximilian III. Joseph, 1745-1777. 1/2 Konv.-Taler 1770, München. Prachtexemplar. Fast Stempelglanz. (Germany, electorate of Bavaria, Maximilian III Joseph, 1745-77, 1745-77, half convention thaler of 1770, Munich mint. Prooflike, about uncirculated.)"
This type was struck for Maximilian III Joseph during 1753-54, 1759-62, 1765, 1768-77 and is the first half thaler not extremely rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 14.03 g, 0.833 fine silver, 35 mm diameter, this specimen 14.00 g.
Catalog reference: KM 499, Hahn 305.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [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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