Hall 1712-GFN thaler Dav-2276

Stack's Bowers 2015 NYINC sale, lot 641

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This specimen was lot 641 in Stacks-Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2015), where it sold for $940. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Hall. Taler, 1712-GFN. NGC AU-55. Portrait of Charles VI on the obverse. The letters 'GFN' on the reverse refers to the mint official Georg Friedrich Nurnberger in Nurnberg. Toned. Nice strike. From the Rockaway Collection." Schwabisch Hall (so called to distinguish it from Hall in Tyrol), was an imperial city which occasionally issued thalers, generally rare.

Recorded mintage: unknown but scarce.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-2276; KM-17.

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]Ponterio, Richard, The January 2015 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Featuring the John W. Adams and Ray Czabor Collections, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2014.

Link to:

• 1705 thaler
• 1712 uniface half kreuzer
• 1714-N quarter ducat
• 1714 ducat
• Coins and currency dated 1712
• return to coins of German States, Hall