Paderborn 1764-AS 2/3 thaler
This specimen was lot 923 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $228. The catalog description[1] noted, "PADERBORN: Wilhelm Anton von Asseburg, 1763-1782, AR 2/3 thaler, 1764, once lightly cleaned, XF, ex Joe Sedillot Collection." Numista states this type was struck 1764, 1765, 1767, 1770 while the SCWC lists only 1764 and 1770. Paderborn, like Hildesheim, retained a Catholic bishop long after all of the inhabitants had gone over to Lutheranism. William Anton was a canon of the cathedral and was not ordained a priest until after he was elected bishop. He saved the diocese from dissolution during the Seven Years War and helped to rebuild it thereafter. Paderborn was mediatized in 1802 and passed to Prussia.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: silver, 35 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-238.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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