Hesse-Cassel 1855-CP 2 thaler Dav-695

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Steve Album sale 51, lot 890

This specimen was lot 890 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $450. The catalog description[1] noted, "HESSE-CASSEL: Friedrich Wilhelm I, 1847-1866, AR 2 thaler, 1855, C.P. on truncation, some hairlines in the fields, XF, ex Joe Sedillot Collection." This type was struck 1851 and 1854-55 with or without CP on the truncation. It is fairly scarce, as is most of the coinage of this state, which was annexed by Prussia in 1866.

Recorded mintage: 357,000.

Specifications: 37.12 g, 0.900 fine silver, 41 mm diameter, lettered edge.

Catalog reference: KM-618.1, Dav-695.

Sources:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

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