Hamburg 1764-OHK thaler Dav-2285C
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This specimen was lot 4206 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €360 (about US$472 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"HAMBURG, STADT, Reichstaler (48 Schilling) 1764, mit Titel von Franz I. Hübsche Patina, leicht justiert, vorzüglich. (city of Hamburg, thaler or 48 schilling of 1764, struck in the name of Francis I. Handsome patina, lightly adjusted, extremely fine.)"
These 48 schilling pieces were struck intermittently in the 1760's.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 29.20 g, 0.888 fine silver, this specimen 29,18 g.
Catalog reference: KM 417.4 (formerly KM 196.4), Dav-2285C; Gaed. 529.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1965.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
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