Hesse-Cassel 1813-K thaler Dav-689
This specimen was lot 890 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €3,800 (about US$5,122 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"HESSEN-KASSEL, SEIT 1803 KURFÜRSTENTUM, Wilhelm (IX.) I. (1785-) 1803-1821. Konv.-Taler 1813 (wie üblich spätere Nachprägung vor 1850), Kassel. Mit glattem Rand. Büste r. am Schulterabschnitt die Signatur K (Wilhelm Körner, Stempelschneider in Kassel 1804-1833)//Gekröntes, neunfeldiges Wappen mit leerem Mittelschild, mit Girlande und Lorbeerzweigen verziert, unten die Jahreszahl. RR Vorzügliches Exemplar mit feiner Tönung. (Germany, electorate of Hesse-Cassel, William I, 1803-21, convention thaler of 1813, Cassel mint, with plain edge, restrike from about 1850. Obverse: bust right with engraver's initial 'K' on truncation; reverse: crowned, nine-fold arms with blank central escutcheon, with garland and laurel wreath around, date below. Rare, extremely fine example with fine toning.)"
The original issue, with lettered edge, is very rare; the restrike, with plain edge, is merely very scarce. It is the last convention thaler from this state.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 28.06 g, 0.833 fine silver, this specimen 27,85 g.
Catalog reference: AKS 16, Kahnt 249 a; Thun 181 var, Dav-689, KM 560.2 (plain edge).
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- 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]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 293: Münzen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. die westfälischen Privatsammlungen Werner Bröker und Bernd Terletzki, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.
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