Passau 1779-HST thaler Dav-2525

Stack's Bowers NYINC sale, lot 681

This specimen was lot 681 in Stacks-Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2015), where it sold for $4,700. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Passau. Taler, 1779. Leopold Ernst Joseph (1763-83). NGC MS-65. Tied with one other for finest certified. Reflective lightly toned surfaces. Sharply struck and exceptionally choice. From the Rockaway Collection." 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: Dav-2525; KM-89.

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:

• 1764 1/8 thaler, for the homage of Passau
• 1764 quarter thaler, for the homage of Passau
• 1764 1½ ducat, for the homage of Passau
• 1764 triple ducat, for the homage of Passau
• 1779 ducat
• 1792 thaler
• Coins and currency dated 1779
• return to coins of German States, Passau