Olmutz 1719 thaler Dav-1218

Ponterio sale 169, lot 10033

photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 10033 in Ponterio sale 169 (Baltimore, November 2012), where it sold for $330. The catalog description^[1] noted, "AUSTRIA. Olmutz. Taler, 1719. NGC AU-50. Wolfgang von Schrattenbach (1711-38)." 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.

Source:

• 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]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 169: The November 2012 Baltimore Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2012.

Link to:

• 1718 thaler
• Austria 1719 thaler, Hall mint
• 1720 half thaler
• 1721 thaler
• Coins and currency dated 1719
• return to coins of Austria, Olmutz