Corvey 1709-HCH thaler Dav-2194

From CoinVarieties
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Künker sale 335, lot 3864
Corvey in 1789, to the east of Paderborn on the Weser river

This specimen was lot 3864 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €950 (about US$1,243 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"CORVEY, ABTEI, Florenz von der Velde, 1696-1714. Reichstaler 1709, Braunschweig. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, abbey of Corvey, Florent of the Velde, 1696-1714, thaler of 1709, Brunswick mint. Very fine to extremely fine.)"

This is a reissue of a type minted in 1706. This abbey was merged with Nassau in 1803 and later with Prussia.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 28.67-29.31 g, silver, 42-43 mm diameter, this specimen 29.25 g.

Catalog reference: KM 119.2, Dav-2194; Ilisch/Schwede 344 A/a.

Source:

  • 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.
  • [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.

Link to:

Retrieved from "https://coinvarieties.com/index.php?title=Corvey_1709-HCH_thaler_Dav-2194&oldid=464421"