Paderborn 1719 thaler Dav-2512
This specimen was lot 20632 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2019), where it sold for $4,800. The catalog description[1] noted,
"Gorgeous Near-Gem Sede Vacante Taler from Paderborn, Quite Possibly the Finest Extant GERMANY. Paderborn. Taler, 1719. Clausthal Mint. Sede Vacante. PCGS MS-64 Gold Shield. Obverse: Radiant St. Liborius in bishop's miter hovers on cloud over the cathedral; Reverse: Bishop's miter on a pillow, legends above and below. Amazing quality for this often-circulated issue, exhibiting strong reflective characteristics in the fields and a nearly full strike. Pleasing medium gray tone exists in the centers on both sides, with faint blue, green and mauve color appearing around the outer legends. Quite possibly the finest surviving example of this desirable type, this being the single finest example certified by PCGS with a lone MS-64 appearing in the NGC census as well (this coin?). A search through archived auction results confirms this coin's special characteristics, as even the finest examples of this type sold domestically and abroad over the past decade pale in comparison to this awesome example. Seemingly worthy of centerpiece placement is a collection of great sophistication as such. From the Linda Collection."
This rare type not mentioned in the SCWC. The bishop of Paderborn was suffragan to the bishop of Münster but still managed to issue a few coins for his domain. Bishop Clemens August was also archbishop of Cologne and bishop of Liege. The bishopric was annexed to Prussia in 1803, during Napoleon's reorganization of Germany.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-2512; KM-unlisted, Zepernick-242.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The August 2019 Chicago ANA Auction: World Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.
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