Pfalz 1745-S thaler Dav-2532
This specimen was lot 2259 in Künker Auction 425 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €14,500 (about US$20,532 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DEUTSCHE MÜNZEN UND MEDAILLEN · PFALZ, KURFÜRSTENTUM Karl Theodor, 1743-1799. Taler 1745, Mannheim, auf das Vikariat. D : G · C · TH · C · P · R · S · R · I · A · T · & · EL · PROV · & · VICARIUS Geharnischtes Brustbild des jungen Kurfürsten r. mit umgelegtem Hubertusorden, darunter die Signatur S (Wiegand Schäffer, Stempelschneider in Mannheim)//IN · PART · RHENI · SUEV · ET · IUR · FRANCON · 1745 Doppeladler mit Kopfscheinen, auf der Brust das mit dem Kurhut bedeckte, dreifeldige Wappen (Pfalz/Bayern/Initialen CT), umher die Kette des Hubertusorden. Von größter Seltenheit. Nur 12 Exemplare geprägt. Prachtvolle Patina, fast Stempelglanz. Exemplar der Slg. Virgil M. Brand, Teil 2, Auktion Leu 47, Zürich 1988, Nr. 1946; der Auktion Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 345, Frankfurt/Main 1995, Nr. 2477 und der Slg. Köhlmoos, Auktion Münzen & Medaillen AG 91, Basel 2001, Nr. 435. (Germany, electorate of the Palatinate, Charles Theodore, 1743-99, thaler of 1745, Mannheim mint, on his vicariat. Obverse: armored bust of the young Elector right with the Order of St. Hubert around his neck, initials below; reverse: nimbate double-headed eagle supports the capped trifold arms of Pfalz, Bavaria and his monogram, Order chain around. Twelve examples struck, superb patina, about uncirculated. Ex: Virgil Brand.)"
This thaler commemorates the elector's term as vicar of the empire after the death of Charles VII (a Wittelsbach cousin) in 1745. We think the elector skimped a little on the weight.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: silver, this specimen 22,65 g.
Catalog reference: KM 324, Dav-2532; Haas 68; Slg. Memmesh. 2450; Slg. Kömmerling (Auktion UBS 65) 436.
- Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1965.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 425: Gold coins from the Medieval and Modern Times, from the Mohr family collection, e.g. | Silver coins, e.g. highlights of medallic art | German coins after 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.
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