Frankfurt 1854 2 thaler Dav-641

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Künker sale 354, lot 5772

This specimen was lot 5772 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €550 (about US$766 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"FRANKFURT, STADT, Vereinsdoppeltaler 1854. Attraktive Patina, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Germany, city of Frankfurt, double union thaler of 1854. Attractive patina, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"

This type was struck by the free city of Frankfurt am Main 1841-47, 1851, 1854-55. Its face value of two thalers was equal to 3½ gulden. City view thalers (KM 326) were issued concurrently 1840-44. Frankfurt was annexed by Prussia in 1866 and her coinage ceased.

Recorded mintage: 72,000, a better date.

Specification: 37.10 g, 0.900 fine silver, 1.074 troy oz ASW, lettered edge, this specimen 37.10 g.

Catalog reference: KM 329, AKS 2; Dav-641; Kahnt 182; Thun 131.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 354: Munzen und Medaillen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. Braunschweig-Luneburg. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.

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