Eichstatt 1764-NSF thaler Dav-2209

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Künker eLive Premium Auction 390, lot 3898

This specimen was lot 3898 in Künker eLive Premium Auction 390 (Osnabrück, Jun 2023), where it sold for €1,800 (about US$2,094 including buyer's fees). The catalog description noted,

"EICHSTÄTT. BISTUM. Raimund Anton von Strasoldo, 1757-1781. Konv.-Taler 1764, Nürnberg. Hübsche Patina, sehr schön + (Bishopric of Eichstatt, Raimund Anton of Strasoldo, 1757-1781. Convention thaler of 1764, Nuremberg mint. Lovely Patina, extremely fine +.)"

Ruling Authorities

  • Raimund Anton of Strasoldo, prince-bishop from 1757-1781.

Obverse

  • Obverse description: Bust facing right with engraver's name below.
  • Obverse inscription: RAIM•ANTONIUS D•G•EP•EYST•S•R•I•P• / I.L.ŒXLEIN.
  • Obverse inscription unabridged: RAIMundus ANTONIUS Dei Gratia EPiscopus EYSTettensis Sacri Romani Imperii Princeps / Iohann Leonhard Oexlein
  • Obverse inscription translated: Raymund Anton, by the Grace of God, Bishop of Eichstätt, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire / Iohann Leonhard Oexlein

Reverse

  • Reverse description: Crowned arms in baroque frame with sword and crosier crossed behind dividing mintmark and mint warden's initial with mint master's initial below, value as main legend with date in Roman Numerals at the end, secondary legend below arms in baroque frame.
  • Reverse inscription: X•EINE FEINE MARCK MDCCLXIV. / INTIMA CANDENT / N. S.F.
  • Reverse inscription unabridged: X EINE FEINE MARCK MDCCLXIV/ INTIMA CANDENT / Nürnberg Scholz Förster
  • Reverse inscription translated: Ten In a Fine Mark 1764 / the Soul Glows / Nuremberg Scholz Förster

Edge

  • Edge description: Leafed.

Mintmarks

  • N = Nuremberg

Mint Official Marks/Initials/Names

  • I.L.ŒXLEIN = Johann Leonhard Oexlein, engraver at Nuremberg from 1740-1787.
  • S = Siegmund Scholz, mint warden at Nuremberg from 1760-1774.
  • F = Johann Martin Förster, mint master at Nuremberg from 1755-1764.

Recorded mintage: Unknown.

Specification: 28.06 g, 0.833 fine silver, this specimen 27.97 g.

Catalog reference: Cahn 134, Dav-2209; KM-87.

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.

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