Brandenburg-Bayreuth 1752-CLR thaler Dav-2032
This specimen was lot 1658 in Jean Elsen sale 117 (Brussels, June 2013), where it sold for €750 (about US$1,183 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"ALLEMAGNE, BRANDEBOURG-BAYREUTH, Friedrich (1735-1763), AR Taler, 1752 CLR, Droit: B. drapé et cuirassé à droite. Revers: Aigle éployée sur un trophée d'armes. Nettoyé. Petits défauts de flan. Très Beau à Superbe. (Germany, Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Frederick (1735-63), silver thaler of 1752. Obverse: draped and armored bust to right; reverse: eagle displayed on a trophy of arms. Cleaned planchet defects, very fine to extremely fine.)"
This type is recorded for 1752 with four different mintmaster's initials, all fairly common.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 19.01 g (sic).
Catalog reference: KM 214.1, Dav-2032, Hahn, 106.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1965.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, Vente Publique 117: Collection Jean-Jacques Symoens, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses fils, S.A., 2013.
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