Bavaria 1804 1/2 thaler
This specimen was lot 3599 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €600 (about US$785 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BAYERN, SEIT 1623 KURFÜRSTENTUM, SEIT 1806 KÖNIGREICH: Maximilian I. (IV.) Joseph, 1799-1806-1825. 1/2 Konv.-Taler 1804, München. Seltener Jahrgang. Hübsche Patina, vorzüglich +. (Germany, electorate of Bavaria, Maximilian Joseph, 1799-1825, half convention thaler of 1804, Munich mint. Rare date, handsome patina, extremely fine or better.)"
This type was struck 1803-05 and is expensive. It is the last half thaler struck before Napoleon promoted Maximilian Joseph to king.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 14.03 g, 0.833 fine silver, 34 mm diameter, this specimen 13.96 g.
Catalog reference: KM 662, AKS 11; Hahn 426.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- [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.
Link to: