Bremen 1744-MF thaler Dav-2051
This specimen was lot 5750 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €800 (about US$1,113 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BREMEN, STADT, Reichstaler 1744, mit Titel Karls VII. Hübsche Patina, leichte Prägeschwäche, vorzüglich. (Germany, city of Bremen, thaler of 1744, struck in the name of Charles VII. Handsome patina, weakly struck, extremely fine.)"
Other thalers exist for Bremen from the eighteenth century but are very rare; this one is only scarce. It was struck for the pretender Charles VII, the last serious challenger to the Hapsburg claim to be Holy Roman Emperor.
Recorded mintage: 109.
Specification: silver, this specimen 28,89 g.
Catalog reference: KM 185, Dav-2051; Jungk 514.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 354: Munzen und Medaillen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. Braunschweig-Luneburg. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.
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