Hannover 1794-PLM 1/6 thaler

Stephen Album sale 38, lot 3374

This specimen was lot 3374 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $107.10. The catalog description^[1] noted, "BRUNSWICK-CALENBERG-HANNOVER: George III, 1760-1820, AR 1/6 thaler, 1794, mintmaster PLM, very faint hairlines, lustrous surfaces! Unc." This type was struck 1793-1800 to the convention thaler standard (one thaler = 120 kreuzer). This example realized about one half of the catalog value. Hannover, linked to the British crown 1714-1837, embroiled England in several continental conflicts the British establishment would rather have avoided.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-401.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 38, featuring the Dabestani Collection of Persian Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

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