Hungary 1743-KB thaler Dav-1126
This specimen was lot 1585 in Jean Elsen sale 112 (Brussels, March 2012) where it sold for € 160 (about US$250 including buyer's fee). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SAINT EMPIRE, Marie-Thérèse (1740-1780), AR Taler, 1743 KB, Kremnitz. Type hongrois. Droit: B. diad., drapé et cuirassé à droite. Revers: La Madone à l'enfant sur une nuée. Nettoyé. Très Beau (Holy Empire, Maria Theresia, 1740-80, silver thaler of 1743, Kremnitz mint, Hungarian type. Obverse: draped, armored, diademed bust to right; reverse: the Madonna and Child on a cloud. Cleaned, very fine.)"
Despite being a two year type (1743-44), it is listed as one of the more common thalers of the period. The SCWC correctly catalogs this under Hungary, not Austria. Hungary was reconquered by the Austrians from the Turks by 1700 but was never part of the Empire. Maria Theresia was queen of Hungary but never Holy Roman Emperor (being female); her portrait appears on a long series of Hungarian thalers (Dav-1125, -1125A, -1125B, -1126, -1127, -1128, -1129, -1130, -1131, -1132).
Recorded mintage: 654,000.
Specification: 28.82 g, 0.833 fine silver, .810 troy oz ASW, this specimen 28,61 g.
Catalog reference: Her., 565; Voglh., 276/II; Eypeltauer, 242; Dav-1126, KM 328.4.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 112, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2012.
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