Olmutz 1720 thaler Dav-1218
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This specimen was lot 45089 in Stack's Bowers Summer 2026 Global Showcase Auction (Pittsburgh, September 2026), where it sold for $854. The catalog description[1] noted, "AUSTRIA. Olmutz. Taler, 1720. Kremsier Mint. Wolfgang von Schrattenbach. PCGS AU-55. From the John P. Burnham Collection." 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.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-1218; KM-414.
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- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, Summer 2026 Global Showcase Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2026.
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