Hamburg 1761-OHK thaler Dav-2285
This specimen was lot 329 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €190 (about US$246 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Hamburg, STADT Reichstaler (48 Schilling) 1761, mit Titel von Franz I. Münzmeister Otto Heinrich Knorre. Leicht justiert, winz. Schrötlingsfehler, sehr schön. (Germany, city of Hamburg, thaler of 48 schilling of 1761, in the name of Francis I, mintmaster Otto Heinrich Knorre. Light adjustment marks, hairlines, very fine.)"
This is the first thaler struck by Hamburg since 1748 and tho technically a 48 schilling piece, it was likely readily accepted.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 29.2 g, 0.888 fine silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-2285, Gaed. 527. KM 417.5.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 263, The Friedrich Popken collection of gold and silver coinages | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the collection of Ernst Otto Horn, part III, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015.
- 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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