Hungary 1779-B SKPD thaler Dav-1133a

Stack's Bowers May 2025 Collectors Choice Online Auction, lot 75212

This specimen was lot 75212 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $360. The catalog description^[1] noted, "HUNGARY. Taler, 1779-B SK-PD. Kremnica Mint. Maria Theresa. PCGS AU-55." This type was struck 1777-80 and is fairly common.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: 28.06 g, 0.833 fine silver, 40 mm diameter, edge lettered IUSTITIA ET CLEMENTIA.

Catalog reference: KM-386.2; Dav-1133a.

Sources:

• Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
• Herinek, Gerhard, Austria Münzkatalog: Munzen ab 1745 und Banknoten ab 1759, 49. Auflage, Vienna: Christine Steyrer Verlag, 2022.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, May 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction: Ancient & World Coins, featuring selections from the Sydney F. Martin Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

Link to:

• 1778-B SKPD thaler, Madonna and Child
• 1779 half thaler, Madonna obverse
• 1779-IC FA thaler, Vienna mint, Maria Theresia
• 1780 half thaler, Madonna obverse
• 1780-B SKPD thaler, Madonna and Child
• Coins and currency dated 1779