Frankfurt 1764-G PCB N 1/2 thaler
This specimen was lot 3884 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €500 (about US$654 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"FRANKFURT, STADT. 1/2 Konv.-Taler 1764. RR Feine Patina, justiert, vorzüglich. (Germany, city of Frankfurt, half convention thaler of 1764. Rare, fine patina, adjustment marks, extremely fine.)"
After ceasing to mint half thalers in 1717, the city of Frankfurt suddenly emitted six different types in the period 1762-66. This burst of activity paralleled a similar issue of thalers. Other half thalers of 1764 (KM 220.2, KM 231) have a circle around the eagle.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 14.03 g, 0.833 fine silver, this specimen 14.03 g.
Catalog reference: KM 232, J. u. F. 832 d.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [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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