Osnabruck 1715 thaler Dav-2504
This specimen was lot 20398 in Stack's Bowers ANA Auction (Denver, CO, August 2017), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Osnabruck. Taler, 1715. Sede Vacante. NGC MS-61. Well struck with good definition of the fine details. Lustrous with attractive old cabinet tone showing blue, red and golden hues." This sede vacante thaler was issued by the chapter, not the bishop, who was dead. It was accompanied by a one-eighth thaler. All of the ecclesiastical states were mediatized by Napoleon and handed over to his allies in 1800-06. The bishopric of Osnabrück, like its neighbor Munster, had very few Catholics and was ruled by a Lutheran prince.
Recorded mintage: unknown but scarce.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM 198; Dav-2504.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1965.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The August 2017 Denver ANA Auction: Ancients, Selections from The Richard Stuart Collection & World Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.
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