Passau 1703-SEIZ IMF thaler Dav-2518

Stack's Bowers NYINC sale, lot 680

This specimen was lot 680 in Stacks-Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2015), where it sold for $1,086.88. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Passau. Taler, 1703-SEIZ/IMF. Bishop Johann Philipp von Lamberg (1689-1712). NGC AU-58. Sharply struck. A good deal of underlying luster. Very attractive." The Bishopric of Passau, between Bavaria and Austria, struck a few thalers in the eighteenth century, all now rare. The state fell to Bavaria during the Napoleonic upheavals and is now part of Germany.

Recorded mintage: unknown but somewhat scarce.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM 47, Dav-2518; KM-47.

Source:

• 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, Ponterio Sale 173: The January NYINC 2013 Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2012.

Link to:

• 1701 thaler
• 1706 thaler
• 1706 ducat
• 1709 half ducat
• Coins and currency dated 1703
• return to coins of German States, Passau