Mainz 1765-EG thaler Dav-2424

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Künker sale 386, lot 4806

This specimen was lot 4806 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €380 (about US$491 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"MAINZ, ERZBISTUM, Emerich Joseph von Breitbach-Bürresheim, 1763-1774. Konv.-Taler 1765, FB, Mainz. Sehr schön +. (archbishopric of Mainz, Emerich Joseph von Breitbach-Bürresheim, 1763-74, convention thaler of 1765, Mainz mint. Choice very fine.)"

The archbishops of Mainz were prolific issuers of gold coins in the late middle ages but output dropped in the late fifteenth century, never to recover. This thaler of 1764-65 is scarce but not rare. The engraver's initials are EG, not FB. Eight denominations, from kreuzer to thaler, were struck in 1765.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 28.06 g, 0.833 fine silver, this specimen 27.90 g.

Catalog reference: KM 347, Slg. Walther 596; Dav-2424; Slg. Pick 704.

Source:

  • 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]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 386: Brakteaten | Mainz | Bibliothek Prof. Dr. Niklot Klüßendorf | Mittelalter und Neuzeit | Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023.

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