Hesse-Darmstadt 1844 2 thaler Dav-703

Goldberg sale 74, lot 4337

This specimen was lot 4337 in Goldberg sale 74 (Los Angeles, June 2013), where it sold for $230 including buyer's fees. The catalog description^[1] noted, "German States - Hesse-Darmstadt. 2 Talers, 1844. Ludwig III. Small edge nick. Toned. Very Fine to Extremely Fine. The George C. Follis Collection." This one year type is rather scarce.

Recorded mintage: 377,000.

Specification: 37.12 g, 0.900 fine silver, 1.074 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Dav-703; Thun-199; KM-320.

Sources:

• 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.
• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• ^[1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender and Steven Harvey, Goldberg Sale 74: the pre-Long Beach Sale, featuring the Arden Collection, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, 2013.

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