Bavaria 1803-CD thaler Dav-545
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This specimen was lot 613 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €190 (about US$246 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Bavaria, SEIT 1806 KÖNIGREICH Maximilian I. (IV.) Joseph, 1799-1806-1825. Konv.-Taler 1803. Leicht justiert, sehr schön +. (kingdom of Bavaria, Maximilian Joseph, 1806-1825, convention thaler of 1803. Light adjustment marks, very fine or better.)"
This issue of 1803 is among the last minted before Napoleon promoted Maximilian from Elector to King.
Recorded mintage: unknown but somewhat scarce.
Specification: 28.06 g, 0.833 fine silver, lettered edge.
Catalog reference: Dav-545; AKS 9; Kahnt 56; Thun 38, KM 664 (formerly KM 325).
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 263, The Friedrich Popken collection of gold and silver coinages | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the collection of Ernst Otto Horn, part III, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015.
- 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.
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