Hannover 1866-B thaler Dav-682

from the Stack's Bowers 2017 Collector's Choice sale, lot 72290

This specimen was lot 72290 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Santa Ana, CA, May 2017), where it sold for $199.75. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Hannover. Thaler, 1866-B. PCGS MS-63. Sharply struck, lightly toned and quite attractive." This issue of 1857-66 is common and the 1866 is the commonest date.

Recorded mintage: 159,000.

Specification: 18.52 g, 0.900 fine silver, lettered edge.

Catalog reference: Dav-682; KM-230.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Rick, et al., The May 2017 Collector's Choice Sale, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.

Link to:

• 1860 thaler
• 1865 thaler "Waterloo"
• 1865 "union with Ostfriesland"
• 1865 thaler, Frisian Oath
• 1866 double thaler
• 1866-B krone
• 1872 thaler, 4th shooting festival
• Coins and currency dated 1866
• return to coins of German States, Hannover