Bremen 1747-MF 1/2 thaler

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Künker sale 293, lot 725

This specimen was lot 725 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €550 (about US$741 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BREMEN, STADT, 1/2 Reichstaler 1747, mit Titel von Franz I. R Feine Patina, winz. Schrötlingsfehler, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, city of Bremen, half thaler of 1747, struck in the name of Francis I. Scarce, fine patina, small planchet defects, very fine to extremely fine.)"

This type of 1747-48 is the last half thaler issued by this state.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-191, Jungk 527.

Source:

  • [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 293: Münzen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. die westfälischen Privatsammlungen Werner Bröker und Bernd Terletzki, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.

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