Julich-Berg 1711-NP thaler Dav-2365
This specimen was lot 33540 in Heritage sale 3114 (New York, January 2024), where it sold for $2,400. The lot description[1] noted, "German States: Julich-Berg. Johann Wilhelm II Taler 1711-NP AU58 NGC, Düsseldorf mint. A fleeting Taler issue with luster reminiscent of a UNC coin, it's possibly some very light hairlines in the obverse fields account for the Choice AU grade evaluation by NGC. Ex. UBS Auction 65 (September 2006, lot 1020). From the All Original German Taler Collection." This type was struck 1711 only and is rare. There is also KM 145/Dav-2365A, with "LC" added below bust. Jülich-Berg was a duchy on the lower Rhine which passed in the early seventeenth century to the Elector of the Palatinate (Pfalz-Neuberg). Johann Wilhelm II was elector palatine 1690-1716 but had been duke of Julich-Berg since 1679. Eventually, the duchy was united with Bavaria but then seized by Napoleon in 1801. After Napoleon's fall, the area passed to Prussia as part of the Rhineland and Bavaria was compensated with Bamberg, Wurzburg and other territories.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM 144, Dav-2365, Schön-44.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1965.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, 2024 January 16 - 18 NYINC World Coins Signature Auction #3114, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2023.
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