Corvey 1721-AP thaler Dav-2197

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Künker sale 335, lot 3865
Corvey in 1789, to the east of Paderborn on the Weser river

This specimen was lot 3865 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €1,600 (about US$2,094 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"CORVEY, ABTEI, Maximilian von Horrich, 1714-1721. Reichstaler 1721, Münster. RR Hübsche Patina, vorzüglich. (Germany, abbey of Corvey, Maximilian of Horrich, 1714-21, thaler of 1721, Munster mint. Rare, handsome patina, extremely fine.)"

This abbey was merged with Nassau in 1803 and later with Prussia.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.95-29.52 g, silver, 44 mm diameter, this specimen 29.20 g.

Catalog reference: KM 135, Dav-2197; Ilisch/Schwede 356 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.

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