Pfalz 1740 thaler Dav-2530
This specimen was lot 1105 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €3,200 (about US$4,313 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"PFALZ, KURFÜRSTENTUM, Karl Philipp, 1716-1742. Reichstaler 1740, Mannheim, auf das Vikariat. Gemeinschaftsprägung mit Karl Albert von Bayern. R Attraktives Exemplar mit feiner Tönung, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Germany, electorate of the palatinate, Charles Philip, 1716-42, thaler of 1740, Mannheim mint, on his vicariat. Joint issue with Charles Albert of Bavaria. Scarce, attractive example with fine toning, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
A quarter thaler and half thaler were also issued on this occasion.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Slg. Memmesh. 2424, Haas 27; Hahn 272; Dav-2530; KM 287.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 293: Münzen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. die westfälischen Privatsammlungen Werner Bröker und Bernd Terletzki, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.
- 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.
Link to:
- 1740 quarter thaler, vicariat
- Bavaria 1740 thaler Dav-1946, for the vicariat
- Pfalz-Sulzbach 1742 ducat Fr-2038
- 1744-WS thaler
- Coins and currency dated 1740
- return to coins of German States, Pfalz