Munster 1706 thaler Dav-2464

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Heritage sale 3010, lot 20973
photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 20973 in Heritage sale 3010 (Boston, August 2010), where it sold for $1,092.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "Munster. Friedrich Christian Taler 1706, AU58 NGC, handsome deep gray and gold patina with sharply struck details, very scarce commemorative marking the death of the Bishop. A pleasing coin with that old-time cabinet feel." The bishops of Munster issued thalers on occasion during the early eighteenth century but a "sede vacante" issue of 1761 (Dav-2470) is the last. All of the ecclesiastical states were mediatized by Napoleon and handed over to his allies in 1800-06.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-2464, KM 135.

Source:

  • 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]Tucker, Warren, Scott Cordry and John Kraljevich, Heritage Sale 3010: World Coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2010.

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