Hildesheim 1764-IHvU 1/3 thaler KM-114
This specimen was lot 899 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $312. The catalog description[1] noted, "HILDESHEIM: Friedrich Wilhelm von Westfalen, 1763-1789, AR 1/3 thaler, 1764, very scarce type, once lightly cleaned and retoned, AU, S, ex Joe Sedillot Collection." The prince-bishopric of Hildesheim was surrounded by Hannover and Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Altho nearly all the inhabitants were Lutheran, the bishop remained Catholic and was usually also archbishop of Cologne. Friedrich Wilhelm von Westfalen was not a Wittelsbach but was also bishop of Paderborn after 1782. Hildesheim was annexed to Prussia in 1803, then was part of the Napoleonic puppet kingdom of Westphalia 1807-13, then awarded to Hannover in 1813. This rare type was struck 1764 only along with KM 115 with an arms obverse.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: silver.
Catalog reference: KM-114.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [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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