Hesse-Darmstadt 1714-BIB thaler Dav-2315
This specimen was lot 3942 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €3,800 (about US$4,973 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"HESSEN, HESSEN-DARMSTADT, LANDGRAFSCHAFT, SEIT 1806 GROSSHERZOGTUM. Ernst Ludwig, 1678-1739. Reichstaler 1714, Darmstadt. Itterer Ausbeute. In US-Plastikholder der NGC mit der Bewertung MS 62+. Attraktives Exemplar, vorzüglich +. (Germany, landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt, Ernest Louis, 1678-1739, thaler of 1714, Darmstadt mint, for the Itter mine. NGC MS62+. Attractive example, extremely fine or better.)"
An extremely rare mining thaler.
Recorded mintage: unknown but rare.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM 125, Dav-2315; Müseler 28.2/4; Schütz 2868; Müller 3424.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1965.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
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