Burgau 1768-SC thaler Dav-1149
This specimen was lot 5519 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €1,500 (about US$1,938 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Maria Theresia, 1740-1780. Konv.-Taler 1768, SC, Günzburg. Feine Patina, min. justiert, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. Exemplar der Auktion Gerhard Hirsch 65, München 1969, Nr. 229. (Holy Roman Empire, Maria Theresia, 1740-80, convention thaler of 1768, Günzburg mint. Fine patina, minor adjustment marks, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
This thaler was issued 1765-72 from the Günzburg mint and is common. Günzburg was in the Austrian Burgau, located on the upper Danube between Ulm and Augsburg. Like all Maria Theresia thalers minted after 1765, the queen is depicted wearing a widow's veil, noting the death of her husband Francis of Lorraine. The convention thaler, adopted in the 1750's, was 28.06 g, 0.833 fine, whereas earlier types were 28.82 g, 0.875 fine.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 28.06 g, 0.833 fine silver, this specimen 28.05 g.
Catalog reference: KM 21 (listed under Burgau), Dav-1149; Eypeltauer 191.
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- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 386: Brakteaten | Mainz | Bibliothek Prof. Dr. Niklot Klüßendorf | Mittelalter und Neuzeit | Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023.
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