Hildesheim 1768-IHvU thaler Dav-2345
This specimen was lot 960 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €400 (about US$517 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Hildesheim, BISTUM Friedrich Wilhelm von Westfalen, 1763-1789. Konv.-Taler 1768, Hildesheim. Sehr seltener Jahrgang. Kl. Schrötlingsriß, sehr schön +. (bishopric of Hildesheim, Frederick William of Westphalia, 1763-89, convention thaler of 1768, Hildesheim mint. Very rare date, edge crack, very fine or better.)"
The city (Lutheran) and bishop of Hildesheim (Catholic) both issued thalers in the eighteenth century; the resulting types range from rare to very rare. This type is accompanied by a rare gold five thaler. 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.
Recorded mintage: unknown but very scarce.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Mehl 720; KM 122, Dav-2345.
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- 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 263, The Friedrich Popken collection of gold and silver coinages | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the collection of Ernst Otto Horn, part III, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015.
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