Nurnberg 1780-KR thaler Dav-2494
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This specimen was lot 4184 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €480 (about US$628 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"NÜRNBERG, STADT. Konv.-Taler 1780, mit Titel Josefs II. Mit Laubrand. Feine Patina, vorzüglich. (Germany, city of Nurnberg, convention thaler of 1780, in the name of Joseph II, with laurel wreath. Fine patina, extremely fine.)"
This type was struck 1765, 1768, 1780 and is fairly common for Nurnberg. City view thalers were becoming quaint by 1780.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 28,04 g.
Catalog reference: KM 350, Dav-2494; Kellner 344 e.
- 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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