Bremen 1723 thaler Dav-2045
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This specimen was lot 34689 in Heritage sale 3094 (Chicago, August 2021), where it sold for $1,980. The catalog description[1] noted, "German States: Bremen. Free City Taler MDCCXXIII (1723) MS62 NGC, A highly appealing type representative that maintains a bright gleam throughout the fields, embracing pleasingly sharp designs. The whole of the surface is veiled a fine silver patina." This one year type is scarce. Bremen, a port on the North Sea, was not a prolific issuer of thalers like Hamburg or Lubeck.
Recorded mintage: unknown but scarce.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM 170, Dav-2045.
- 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]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, ANA WFOM World & Ancient Coins Platinum Night Signature Auction #3094, featuring the Cape Coral Collection, the WTR Collection and the Monaco Collection, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2021.
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