Hesse-Darmstadt 1793-RF 1/2 thaler KM-245
This specimen was lot 3945 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €2,400 (about US$3,141 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"HESSEN, HESSEN-DARMSTADT, LANDGRAFSCHAFT, SEIT 1806 GROSSHERZOGTUM. Ludewig X. (I.), 1790-1806 (-1830). 1/2 Konv.-Taler 1793, Darmstadt. Sehr selten, besonders in dieser Erhaltung. Feine Patina, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Germany, landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt, Louis X, 1790-1830, half convention thaler of 1793, Darmstadt mint. Very rare in this quality, fine patina, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
Two half thalers were struck in 1793, this one, with lions supporting the arms, and KM 246, with trophies supporting the reverse. Four different thalers (Dav-2336 thru -2339) also appeared in 1793.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 14.03 g, 0.833 fine silver, this specimen 13.76 g.
Catalog reference: KM 245, Schütz 3214; Müller 3831.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [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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