Berg 1806-TS thaler Dav-624

Ponterio sale 164, lot 2421

photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC

north west Germany in 1806. Berg is north of Nassau opposite the city of Cologne

This specimen was lot 2421 in Ponterio sale 164 (New York, January 2012), where it sold for $1,380. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Berg. Taler, 1806-TS. Toned. Nice strike. EXTREMELY FINE." This rare one year type was made for Joachim Murat, one of Napoleon's marshals and duke of Berg before being transferred to Naples. The Duchy of Berg was a part of the Palatinate, given to the king of Bavaria 1799-1806 and annexed outright to France in 1808. After Waterloo, the province fell to Prussia.

Recorded mintage: 8,356.

Specification: 19.49 g, 0.750 fine silver, .469 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM-11, Dav-624.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 164: The January 2012 N.Y.I.N.C. Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2011.

Links to:

• 1805 thaler
• Friedberg 1804-GBFGH thaler Dav-655
• Auersperg 1805 thaler Dav-39
• Berg 1807-TS thaler Dav-625
• Naples 1813 20 lire
• Coins and currency dated 1806
• return to German States, Berg