Bavaria 1853 2 thaler Dav-601

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Ponterio sale 168, lot 50433
photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 50433 in Ponterio sale 168 (Philadelphia, August 2012), where it sold for $482. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Bavaria. 2 Talers, 1853. PCGS AU-58. KM-837. Lustrous and conservatively graded." This type is the regular issue of 1849-56 and the only such that is reasonably common.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 37.12 g, 0.900 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM 837 (formerly KM 456), Dav-601.

Source:

  • 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.
  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
  • [1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 168: The Official ANA Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2012.

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