Bavaria 1803 thaler Dav-541
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This specimen was lot 612 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €2,400 (about US$3,100 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Bavaria, SEIT 1623 KURFÜRSTENTUM, Maximilian I. (IV.) Joseph, 1799-1806-1825. Konv.-Taler 1803.. Jahrgang von größter Seltenheit. Sehr schön. (Germany, electorate of Bavaria, Maximilian IV Joseph, 1799-1825, convention thaler of 1803. Very rare date, very fine.)"
This issue of 1802-03 is among the last minted before Napoleon promoted Maximilian from Elector to King.
Recorded mintage: unknown but rare.
Specification: 28.06 g, 0.833 fine silver, lettered edge.
Catalog reference: Dav-541; AKS 5; Kahnt 52; Thun 34, KM 657.2 (formerly KM 320.2).
- [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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