Paderborn 1723-AGP 2/3 thaler
This specimen was lot 31450 in Heritage sale 3107 (Chicago, May 2023), where it sold for $2,400. The catalog description[1] noted, "German States. Paderborn. Clemens August of Bavaria 2/3 Taler (Gulden) 1723-AGP VF35 NGC, Münster mint, Expressing deep cabinet patina and balanced wear throughout Clemens' portrait, the reverse quite attractive with well-defined Coat of Arms. A rarely encountered type from the first year of his appointment as the Archbishop of Cologne." Two-thirds thaler equaled one gulden equaled 24 mariengroschen, altho in this period the gulden slipped to half a thaler. The bishop of Paderborn was suffragan to the bishop of Münster but still managed to issue a few coins for his domain. This example realized over quadruple the catalog value.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM 212, Dav-742.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Davenport, John S., Silver Gulden, 1559-1763, Frankfurt am Main, Numismatischer Verlag P. N. Schulten, 1982.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, 2023 May 3 - 5 CSNS World Coins Platinum Session and Signature® Auction #3107, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2023.
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