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This specimen was lot 30084 in Heritage sale 3029 (New York, January 2014), where it sold for $8,225. The catalog description^[1] noted, "A Conditional Rarity Paderborn. Wilhelm Anton gold 5 Talers 1767 AS, KM 244, MS63 NGC. The only collectible date of this brief two-year emission, and even so, seldom offered. The few pieces for which we can locate auction records are always in average circulated condition. But this incredible example is well struck, with gleaming luster and reflective surfaces. It is quite possibly the finest known of the type. Paderborn, a city in Westphalia, derives its name from the river Pader that originates in the city. Ex: "Colonel" E.H.R. Green; Green Estate' Partnership of Eric P Newman / B.G. Johnson."