Montfort 1759-T thaler Dav-2460
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This specimen was lot 4155 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €2,700 (about US$3,533 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"MONTFORT, GRAFSCHAFT. Franz Xaver, 1758-1780. Konv.-Taler 1759, Langenargen. Feine Tönung, kl. Schrötlingsfehler, fast vorzüglich. (Germany, county of Montfort, Francis Xavier, 1758-80, convention thaler of 1759, Langenargen mint. Fine toning, hairlines, about extremely fine.)"
Other thalers from this locale include Dav-2459 (1759-H) and -2461 (1761-IH). Montfort is on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 28.53 g.
Catalog reference: KM 187, Dav-2460; Ebner 351; Rutishauser 371 a.
- 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 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
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