Munster 1765-IK 1/3 thaler
This specimen was lot 71422 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2019), where it sold for $156. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Munster. 1/3 Taler, 1765-IK. Munster Mint. Maximilian Friedrich von Konigsegg-Rothenfels. NGC MS-61. This charming Mint State minor yields steel gray surfaces full of russet and goldenrod highlights as well as an alluring, radiant luster." 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. This type was struck 1764-65 and is fairly scarce. Other one-third thalers include KM 197 (1761), KM 198 (1761). We also note KM 205 (1764 half thaler), KM 201 (1764 1/12 thaler) and KM 202 (1764 1/6 thaler).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM-204.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The October 2019 Collector's Choice Sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.
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