Olmutz 1743 thaler Dav-1230
This specimen was lot 4645 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €3,800 (about US$4,986 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DIE GEISTLICHKEIT IN DEN HABSBURGISCHEN ERBLANDEN, OLMUTZ, Jakob Ernst von Liechtenstein, 1738-1745. Reichstaler 1743. Hübsche Patina, winz. Schrötlingsfehler, vorzüglich. (bishopric of Olmütz, Jacob Ernest of Liechtenstein, 1738-45, thaler of 1743. Handsome patina, some planchet flaws, extremely fine.)"
This type from 1742-45 is among the more available issues from this ecclesiastical state in Moravia, then part of Austria, now the Czech Republic.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 29.01 g.
Catalog reference: KM 468; Dav-1230; Suchomel/Videman 911.
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- 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]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
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