Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1842-CvC 2 thaler Dav-633
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This specimen was lot 44418 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $960. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. 2 Taler, 1842-CVC. Wilhelm. NGC Unc Details--Obverse Cleaned. A boldly struck coin with flashy luster and a patch of toning on the obverse center. Very little evidence of hairlines is noted." This type of 1842-50 is rather expensive. The double thaler of 1850-55 is catalogued in the SCWC as KM-1140 but lumped together with this one in Davenport as Dav-633.
Recorded mintage: 51,617.
Specification: 37.12 g, 0.900 fine silver, 1.074 troy oz.
Catalog reference: Dav-633; KM-1136.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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