Olmutz 1718 thaler Dav-1218
This specimen was lot 40031 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $3,840. The catalog description[1] noted, "AUSTRIA. Olmutz. Taler, 1718. Wolfgang von Schrattenbach. PCGS MS-64+ Gold Shield. Incredible quality for the type, this alluring crown--about as close to Gem status as one can get--is the finer of just two seen at PCGS, the other merely grading EF-40. Here, the peripheries are enlivened by a golden-seafoam green brilliance on the obverse, while the reverse features a bit more of a cobalt nature. Sharply struck, dazzling, and undoubtedly one which will generate great enthusiasm for the collector of attractive world crowns. Ex: Rauch/La Galerie Numismatique (1/2009) Lot # 240." This type from 1718-25 is among the better issues from this ecclesiastical state in Moravia, then part of Austria, now the Czech Republic. Later thalers from the 1720's are listed quite inexpensively.
Recorded mintage: unknown but somewhat scarce.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-1218; KM-414.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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- 1716 thaler
- 1719 thaler
- 1720 half thaler
- Coins and currency dated 1718
- return to coins of Austria, Olmutz