Olmutz 1722 thaler Dav-1218
This specimen was lot 23048 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $2,160. The catalog description[1] noted, "AUSTRIA. Olmutz. Taler, 1722. Kremsier Mint. Wolfgang von Schrattenbach. NGC MS-63. A stunningly charming Taler, the present example delivers sharp strike and limited evidence of handling or marking on the surfaces. Frosty white and escaping incredibly attractive in its present condition, examples are almost never preserved at this grade level. From the Augustana 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 (formerly KM 133).
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- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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